The second episode of this iteration of A Thousand Channels listens critically to Indian-occupied Kashmir with anthropologist-poet Ather Zia, and ‘Azad’ Kashmiri migrants through the oral history archive project Tape Letters by Wajid Yaseen/Modus Arts; to poetic-historical-fantastical conceptions of African identity via a sound work by Belinda Zhawi and the first act of a radio play by artist Christian Nyampeta; to the musical influences between East Africa and south/east Asia via archival record label Ostinato records, and to dis/harmonic ‘states of quo’ with SAVVYZAAR radio. Click on ‘audio notes’ on each piece for more background information, translations and tracklists. Headphones advised!

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A project by Syma Tariq

Sound design: Francesca Savoldi

Collaborators: Natasha Ginwala, Anushka Rajendran

Supported by the British Council Sri Lanka and EUNIC

​Syma Tariq's research is supported by TECHNE AHRC UK