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Radio 3,25 Oct 2011,15 mins

SeriesThe Book that Changed Me

Othello

The Essay

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Poet and musician Musa Okwonga on how Shakespeare's Othello mirrored his experience of isolation as a young black British-Ugandan growing up in a predominantly white environment. Feeling out of place at work and in his own skin, reading Othello provided an outlet for his demons and eventually the courage to create a new life as a poet. Producer: Smita Patel First broadcasst in October 2011.

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