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Title

Interview of Matthias Bannister

Subject

This interview of Matthias Bannister, an immigrant from Sierra Leone to the United States, explores issues of heritage, family, identity, racism, and religion. Matthias discusses his family history, his childhood in Sierra Leone, his experience moving to the United States, and politics and religion.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course THET489V (Spring 2018). This course was led by Professor Esther Lee of the Theater Department, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for Global Migration Studies.

Creator

Eric Jefferson

Publisher

Center for Global Migration Studies

Date

March 31, 2018

Rights

The full rights of this oral history interview were given by the interviewee to the University of Maryland, College Park. This interview may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.

Format

PDF, MP3

Language

English

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Original Format

PDF, MP3

Interviewer

Eric Jefferson

Interviewee

Matthias Bannister

Location

Rockville, Maryland