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Abraham's Diary, Part 2

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In 2007 Canadian Inuit representatives travelled to Europe to explain the seal hunt. They were not well understood. Another group of Labrador Inuit had gone to Europe more than a century earlier, in 1880. They were not well understood either. Displayed in the Berlin zoo, these eight "little eskimos" attracted viewers by the thousands. Chris Brookes tells the story of one of them - Abraham Ulrikab - who watched the watchers and kept a diary.

Abraham Ulrikab's diary is read by Solomon Simeak
Adran Jacobsen's diary is read by Aiden Flynn
Additional voices: Delf Hohmann, Volker Meja, Waldo Scharvey
Abraham's violin: Christina Smith (aka the Battery Radio Orchestra)

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