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Bonus Episode: Alex Boyé discusses how race, identity play into his music

Bonus Episode: Alex Boyé discusses how race, identity play into his music

Released Thursday, 13th July 2017
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Bonus Episode: Alex Boyé discusses how race, identity play into his music

Bonus Episode: Alex Boyé discusses how race, identity play into his music

Bonus Episode: Alex Boyé discusses how race, identity play into his music

Bonus Episode: Alex Boyé discusses how race, identity play into his music

Thursday, 13th July 2017
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As a singer, Alex Boyé embraces a varied personal background. Having had homes both in England and the United States, with Nigerian parents, and as a Mormon, Boyé’s music reflects each part of his kaleidoscopic identity.Engaging with various parts of his identity at once is something Boyé is accustomed to — in his music, but also in his personal life. For example, when talking with his Yoruba-speaking mother.“She hardly speaks English, in fact,” he said. “She has a very, very strong accent, so I have to even speak to her, when I respond to her, I have to respond to her with a strong African accent, or else she doesn’t understand me. It’s hilarious.”In this bonus episode of "What Say Ye?," Boyé discusses with Derrick Clements how the various sides of his identity -- black, British, American, Mormon, and more -- play into his career.
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