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Watch these bonus extended interviews with Antonio Michael Downing, Lawrence Hill, and Toufah Jallow.

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Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming by Antonio Michael Downing
Beatrice and Croc Harry by Lawrence Hill
Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement by Toufah Jallow

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