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This week Peter deGraft-Johnson (The Repeat Beat Poet) speaks to poet , educator, and writer Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan. The pair start by speaking about overcoming the fears of speaking your truth publicly, learning to trust readers and publishers outside of immediate live audiences, and Suhaiymah\'s journey discovering poetry. Next, we jump into the thick fogs of British colonialism, spend some time naming and shaming it and discussing the legacy of inequality it leaves in how histories are held and taught in our libraries, archives, and museums. Across an hour that felt like a minute, Suhaiymah also squeezes in some self-care tips, and gives another beautiful answer to the perennial ultimate question - why poetry?
\\nSuhaiymah reads three poems -
\\n06:19 - Where Is My History?
\\n35:03 - A Virtue Of Disobedience
\\n42:17 - Bacon, Bank Notes, Benjamins
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\\nEpisode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com
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\\nAlso mentioned on the podcast -
\\nDan Hicks - The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution http://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341767/the-brutish-museums/
\\nIan Cobain - The History Thieves Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-History-Thieves-by-Ian-Cobain-author/9781846275838
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