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Bernardine Evaristo on writing Britain’s Black histories

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Great Writers Inspire at Home
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In conversation with Dr Zoe Norridge and Marsha Hutchinson, Bernardine Evaristo reads from and discusses her remarkable verse novel, The Emperor’s Babe (2001), which tells the story of a African girl growing up in Roman London in 211 AD.

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Great Writers Inspire at Home
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Bernardine Evaristo
Zoe Norridge
Marsha Hutchinson
Keywords
writers in dialogue
literature
poetry
black Britain
ancient Rome
history
reading
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 25/08/2017
Duration: 00:46:55

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