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A Point of View: On Anger

19/04/2024

On Anger

BBC Radio 4 - A Point of View, On Anger

Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.

Caleb Azumah Nelson reflects on the thin line between anger and sadness.

Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.

He talks of a childhood in which he tried to navigate a world which was 'already coding a young black man as dangerous, threatening. Angry.' 

'As I've grown older,' writes Caleb, 'the question is not whether I should be angry, but do I love myself enough to be angry, to object when I feel wronged or faced with injustice.'

Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher: 
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman 
Editor:  Richard Fenton-Smith

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