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Noreen returns to Zambia after 20 years in the UK. She has come back to give a speech about animal conservation, but her family want to talk about issues closer to home.

By May Sumbwanyambe. Noreen returns to her native Zambia after 20 years in the UK. As the head of a wildlife charity she鈥檚 come back to give a speech about animal conservation in Africa but her family - who haven鈥檛 seen her since she left as a young student - want to talk about difficult issues closer to home.

Noreen ..... Rakie Ayola
Mwemba ..... Adam Courting
Moses ..... Ben Onwukwe

Producer/director: Bruce Young

May Sumbwanyambe researched and wrote the play while he was a Leverhulme Trust artist-in-residence at the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York, and research assistance was provided by Molly Brown.

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44 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 Jan 2023 14:15

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  • Tue 24 Jan 2023 14:15

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