Paul Robeson: Inspiration

Sadie Smith

How did a 20th century US actor and singer inspire a British teacher to learn Mandarin?!

Further Info

This story was made as part of the “Recalling Robeson” project, celebrating the life and work of black actor, singer and campaigner, Paul Robeson. Led by Anna Farthing of Harvest Heritage Arts and Media, supported by Bristol Old Vic, Colston Hall, Watershed, Pervasive Media Studio, ABLAZE, Aim Higher, Festival of Idea, The Paul Robeson Wales Trust, The South Wales
Miners Library, and numerous volunteers.

Credits

Paul Robeson with miners created by bobster855 (flickr.com), used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 licence.