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THE creator of a one-woman Fringe show which retraced the transatlantic slave trade has been named the best emerging female artist at the festival in its 70th anniversary year.
Selina Thompson travelled on a cargo ship from Bristol to Ghana and Jamaica last year for her show, which describes the physical and emotional discomfort of the journey and the impact it had on her.
Salt, which is being staged at Summerhall this month, is the inaugural winner of the Filipa Braganca Award, which has been instigated in honour of the late actress who passed away last year.
It was one of several major honours announced at the Scotsman Fringe Awards,...