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Radio 1Xtra,1 min

'What does it really mean to be fostered?'

DJ Target

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The culmination of a year of work, Solomon O.B. performs his emotionally charged poem about being fostered and adopted in front of an audience of thousands at The Roundhouse in London. Words First Live is the grand finale event to 1Xtra’s year-long celebration of spoken word, in partnership with the Roundhouse and with support from Arts Council England. First broadcast on Words First Special, Radio 1Xtra, 16 June 2016. Presented by DJ Target and Laurie Bolger.

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