Last Edited: February 10, 2021

Interview: To Bear Witness Stephen Jenkinson on BBC Radio

Originally published: February 10, 2021

INTERVIEW

Interview Published on February 10, 2021

This piece originally aired on BBC radio in December 2020. Produced by Phil Smith.

Contributors (in order of appearance): Stephen Jenkinson, Kofi Mawuli Klu, Andreas Weber, Esther Stanford-Xosei and Anita Barrows

Voice of the chorus: Niamh O’Brien.

Cello improvisations: Lucy Railton

Additional words and music: Phil Smith

Produced by Phil Smith.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3.

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