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- It belongs to a poet: Warsan Shire, a rising 27-year-old writer who was born in Kenya to Somali parents and raised in London. Ms. Shire’s verse forms the backbone of Beyoncé’s album and its exploration of family, infidelity and the black female body.
www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/arts/music/warsan-shire-who-gave-poetry-to-beyonces-lemonade.htmlWarsan Shire, the Woman Who Gave Poetry to Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’
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Apr 25, 2016 · Vogue.com’s Culture Writer. Fluent in Spanglish. Staunchly against the Birkenstock comeback. Once thought Twitter was just a fad. The Kenya-born, Somali-British poet behind the prose in...
Lemonade is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé. It was released on April 23, 2016, by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, accompanied by a 65-minute film of the same name.
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Apr 27, 2016 · Warsan Shire, whose poetry was adapted for Beyoncé‘s visual album “Lemonade.” In 2014, she was appointed the first Young Poet Laureate of London. Credit...
Apr 27, 2016 · The title of her first published collection of poetry, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth — some of which was read by Beyonce in "Lemonade" — is the English translation of a Somali proverb.
Apr 26, 2016 · The first voice you hear on Beyoncé’s mega HBO “visual album” Lemonade is obviously Queen Bey herself. But the words are not hers.
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Apr 28, 2016 · Lemonade is the Beyoncé album that most overtly embraces her blackness. Beyoncé has often been seen as an example of black feminism, suggesting to women of color that it’s best to set one’s own...
Meet Warsan Shire, the woman who wrote many of the beautiful, powerful words in Beyonce's Lemonade. (Did we mention she's only 28?)POPSUGAR Girls' Guide is y...
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