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Radio Leicester,3 mins

'Learning about Wordsworth and Shakespeare is part of Black History too'

Ben Jackson on BBC Radio Leicester

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To celebrate Black History Month and National Poetry Day, Professor Corinne Fowler from the University of Leicester brought together a group of poets and academics from around the country, and across the pond to discuss literature and colonial links of the English countryside. BBC Radio Leicester's Kevin Ncube went along to meet these participants of the Black History themed event, including Jason Allen Paisant who explains why it's important to understand the context of other writers.

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