Safiya Sinclair, HOW TO SAY BABYLON: A Memoir

Published: Oct. 11, 2023, 4 a.m.

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Zibby speaks to Jamaican poet and memoirist Safiya Sinclair about How to Say Babylon, a dazzling and powerful book about the author\\u2019s struggle to break free of her father\\u2019s oppression as part of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing. Safiya describes how her mother and her profound love of books and learning got her through a brutal childhood. She also talks about the mentor who betrayed her; her journey of healing and forgiveness; the novel she is working on; and the Jamaican books she is reading and loving.  


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