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Trapped History: Kinky Hair Blues
Season 3
Una Marson's politics and poetry come together so powerfully in her famed 'Kinky Hair Blues' from 1937. Life-affirming but ultimately heartbreaking, the poem sets out the internal battles a young Black woman goes through as she tries to fit into a world which doesn't fit around her.
It's one of Una's greatest poems, alongside 'Cinema Eyes' tackling racism and colourism both in Britain and her Jamaican homeland – and in this exclusive Trapped History bonus, it's read today by the wonderful Aisha Ricketts, a Jamaican singer and voice actor.
Tune in on 8th February for the full episode about Una Marson, in the company of her biographer and Orwell Prize winner, Dee Jarrett-Macauley.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago