imagine... - 2021: Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up
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Alan Yentob explores the remarkable life and work of the trailblazing Anglo-Nigerian writer Bernardine Evaristo, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other.Ìý
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