‘Dazzling. Potent. Vital’ TARA WESTOVER

‘To read it is to believe that words can save’ MARLON JAMES

‘I adored this book … Unforgettable, heartbreaking and heartwarming’ ELIF SHAFAK

‘A breathless, scorching memoir of a girlhood’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 

 An extraordinary and inspiring memoir of family, education and resilience, from award-winning poet Safiya Sinclair.

There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved.

Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Babylon, the corrupting influence of the immoral Western world just beyond their gate. To protect the purity of the women in their family he forbade almost everything: nowhere but home and school, no friends but this family and no future but this path.

Her mother did what she could to bring joy to her children with books and poetry. But as Safiya’s imagination reached beyond its restrictive borders, her burgeoning independence brought with it ever greater clashes with her father. Soon she realised that if she was to live at all, she had to find some way to leave home. But how?

In seeking to understand the past of her family, Safiya Sinclair takes readers inside a world that is little understood by those outside it and offers an astonishing personal reckoning. How to Say Babylon is an unforgettable story of a young woman’s determination to live life on her own terms.

‘Electrifying’ Observer

‘An essential memoir’ Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing

‘Heart-warming, tender and fierce’ Lily Dunn, author of Sins of My Father

‘One of the most gut-wrenching, soul-stirring, electrifying memoirs I've ever read’ Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun

‘Full of courage and poetry … Has the power of truth telling’ Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch

‘Atmospheric and completely absorbing, this is a fascinating story lushly told’ Diana Evans, author of A House for Alice

‘Sinclair possesses a rare gift … Every sentence sings’ Imani Perry, author of South to America

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir, By Safiya Sinclair, Read by Safiya Sinclair

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That doesn’t mean my songs are better or more sophisticated – I’d rather you form your own opinion.
As for vocals, I have to rely on loops, since illness keeps me from singing myself. Often, I discover a vocal line first and build the song around it. This means I sometimes have to compromise on the lyrics, so they don’t always mirror my personal outlook, mode of expression or poetry. Still, it’s important to me to share this truth.

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I come from a musical family and was introduced to different instruments at an early age. The one that stuck with me were the drums. Various bands, gigs in small clubs. Even though, for lack of time, I didn’t actively make music for many years, music has always been one of the few constants in a turbulent life.

For the past few years, I’ve been seriously ill and slowly but surely on the home stretch. Since I can no longer play drums (I’m connected to a ventilator 24/7)
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