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- Simi Bedford is a Nigerian novelist based in Britain.
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- Simi Bedford is a Nigerian novelist based in Britain.
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- Simi Bedford is a Nigerian novelist based in Britain.
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- Yoruba Girl Dancing is the debut novel of Nigerian author Simi Bedford, which "tackles the weighty and painful issue of the extent to which Africans, even those who are members of the privileged classes, can gain social acceptance in 'the West.'".
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Simi Bedford is a Nigerian novelist based in Britain. | |
Simi Bedford is a Nigerian novelist based in Britain. | |
Simi Bedford is a Nigerian novelist based in Britain. |
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Bedford is of Nigerian ancestry but a British citizen |
The novel tracks three generations of a family from West Africa between 1740 and 1818.
The writer, whose own Nigeria great-grandparents were rescued from a slave ship, told BBC World Service's The Ticket programme that she feels people do not get the full story of the slave trade.
"I went to school in England and I was taught about slavery, but I was taught about it from a very European point of view - that this was a horrible episode, but actually, Europeans then realised that it was a terrible thing they were doing and so very kindly, as a gift, gave freedom to the slaves," she said.
"The slaves were always depicted as very passive. But knowing my family, and knowing the achievements of my family, I thoug