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‘How to Say Babylon’

Poet Safiya Sinclair talks about growing up in a devout Rastafari family in Jamaica. She has a new memoir called “How to Say Babylon.” Her father, a reggae singer, ruled the home, and everyone who wasn’t Rasta was considered heathen. A turning point in Sinclair’s life was when she cut off her dreadlocks. see more
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