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'Daughters full of all the wrong language'
Part of a poem by Safia Elhillo that explores her Sudanese heritage. She is a first generation Sudanese-American and says she grew up in a Sudan inside America. Safia is now a poet and performer in New York City. She is one of the winners of The 2015 Brunel University African Poetry Prize. She has been speaking to Nuala McGovern.
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