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S3 Lemn Sissay: ‘I only knew the importance of family by not having it’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

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What Is My Name?

"I realized that the care system was based on punishment rather than, rather than aspirational care for the child," she says. "It's an extraordinary amount of strain for a developing child to go through at a time in their life when they're trying to find out who they are ... and what is my name?" She writes poetry so that her story can be told by other children as much as possible.

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