Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay is a British-Ethiopian poet, playwright, and memoirist, known for his public poetry installations and for advocacy on behalf of care-experienced people. He served as Chancellor of the University of Manchester and wrote the bestselling memoir "My Name Is Why."
Books
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1. My Name Is Why
A Memoir
A searing memoir of a child separated from his mother and raised by a foster family who later abandon him to a series of institutions, it exposes the failures and racism of the British care system while tracing his relentless search for truth, identity, and his real name. Woven from official records, memories, and reflections, it shows how resilience and the power of language help transform trauma into self-ownership.
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