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\u201cYou don\u2019t know what it means to be Black because you don\u2019t know what it means to be one thing. Who is when you know you are a brother and a son, a lover and a friend. Sometimes you say you\u2019re Ivorian. And other times you say \u201cje suis Ivorien\u201d which means you feel more French than British until you go to France where your French isn\u2019t French enough. When you come back, you feel more British than Ivorian, until you\u2019re offered tea. Or learn something about this country that puts you on the outside again.\u201d Axel Kacouti\xe9\u2019s sonic meditation on Blackness and identity. The final episode of our three part feature of Axel\u2019s work.\xa0

Originally produced for BBC Radio 4, Shortcuts. Edited by Eleanor McDowell.\xa0