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De-Graft Mensah brings you the black voices, stories and biggest laughs that you don't always hear in mainstream news.

If You Don't Know: Accept/Reject Your MBE [Delete As Appropriate]

Accept/Reject Your MBE [Delete As Appropriate]

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Decoration, diversity and debate. 

England footy hero, Raheem Sterling, has made it onto this year’s Queen’s Honours List and will be appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to racial equality in sport. But even though this year's list is the most diverse so far, more and more people are actually turning down honours from the Queen. 

Tunde Okewale MBE came through this week. He received his MBE back in 2016 after founding his charity Urban Lawyers. His take: let’s occupy spaces that our ancestors couldn’t. 

Hosts: De-Graft Mensah and Roshan Roberts
Producers: Seren Jones and Jack Suddaby
Sound Designer: Jack Suddaby
Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham
Editor: Dino Sofos

Tracklisting:
00:00: Nala’s first birthday present 
01:57: We’re back againnnn
02:22: Should we accept honours?
05:20: Getting to know the honours system
08:15: Accepting Vs Rejecting
10:25: In conversation with Tunde Okewale MBE
21:23: Reflections 
22:24: Time to wrap up

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