03-01-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com

Message from the Skies: Shorelines review – Edinburgh's heritage illuminated

Various venues, Edinburgh
Charlotte Runcie and Irvine Welsh are among the writers exploring Scotland’s maritime history in these evocative installationsA litany of names is projected on the outside walls of Edinburgh’s City Chambers: “Mariatu, Jalevina, Adama, Tennah, Fatima …” Unlike the names of the white merchants commemorated by the city’s statues and streets, these black ancestors of musician Kayus Bankole have been lost to time. Now, as part of Message
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