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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
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In conversation

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'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

Jeffrey Boakye is a light-footed cultural critic, provocateur, English teacher, writer and user of metaphors.

Colin Grant

Colin Grant

Colin Grant is Director of WritersMosaic and the author of six non-fiction books.

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