In conversation
Jeffrey Boakye in conversation with Colin Grant
Colin Grant and Jeffrey Boakye trade anecdotes, hurl insults and agree on the perils of identifying as a black writer.
14th July, 2021
'The thought of an empowered black unit, or black community, able to exist in its own terms and to actually affect the world and to shift the centre, I think that white supremacy will always react to that – badly.'
Jeffrey Boakye
Jeffrey Boakye is a light-footed cultural critic, provocateur, English teacher, writer and user of metaphors.
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