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Growing up in a strict Rastafari household, Jamaican poet and writer Safiya Sinclair鈥檚 dad imposed strict rules on her and her siblings. They were forced to wear their hair in dreadlocks, follow the religion's dietary regime, and only mix with other Rastafarians like themselves. This way of life wasn鈥檛 always to Safiya's liking, but she still idolised her father. Yet, as Safiya got older and her father's rules became stricter, she began to question her Rastafari life. She felt trapped, but after discovering poetry, she found a way she could escape.

Safiya has written a memoir called How to Say Babylon.

Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Charlie Towler and Rob Wilson

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(Photo: Safiya Sinclair. Credit: Beowulf Sheehan)