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World Service,5 mins

'Inside alien ground'

Newsday

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Part of 'Refugee mind' - a poem by Hope Wabuke about her family's experience as Ugandan refugees in the United States. She is a writer, essayist and poet based in California. But as someone born in exile to African parents, Hope's work is part of her attempts to reclaim her heritage and Ugandan identity. Hope is one of 6 artists short-listed for The 2015 Brunel University African Poetry Prize. She has been speaking to Bola Mosuro.

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