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Psyche of Bilal
Discover the Birmingham writer who channels pop culture, mental health and his heritage in to his stunning spoken word creations.
Bilal Akram, from Stetchford, utterly floored us with 'Paved With Gold', a piece which explores the nature of immigration and citizenship, inspired by stories of different generations of immigrants in his family, and from 1950s & 60s Black British and Asian British families.
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