A Dutch Pot Of Stories

Leeds Inspired’s Adelle Stripe visits Leeds' poet Khadijah Ibrahiim in Chapeltown to hear about her latest collection."Khadijah Ibrahiim’s new poetry collection, Another Crossing, tells the stories of an individual life, a family, the communities of Chapeltown and Harehills, and of the crucial moments in the making of Leeds as a place where cultures met in the late 1970s. The follow up to her 2008 debut Rootz Runnin’, the book tells of a period in the city’s history when teenagers were excluded from school for growing their dreadlocks, of the bonfire night riots, police harassment and racism. But it also sheds light...
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