Here is what the page “Manchester Composer David Önaç Creates Requiem Honoring Enslaved Africans, Funded by Lloyd” contains. Manchester-based composer David Önaç has created a new requiem to honor enslaved Africans, using centuries-old insurance documents as source material. The work is funded by Lloyd’s of London, the insurance market, after research uncovered its historical links to the transatlantic slave trade. Dr Errol Francis, artistic director and CEO of the arts and heritage charity Culture&, highlighted the stark contradiction in one document that began with the words “In the name of God, Amen” yet treated human beings as cargo.
The requiem aims to confront this painful history through music, transforming archival records into a memorial. By engaging with these documents, the project brings attention to the financial institutions that profited from slavery and encourages reflection on their legacy today. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.