Jamaican poet Safiya Sinclair on finding her voice as a woman

A writer who grew up in Jamaica under the strict supervision of her Rastafarian father has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her ambition to write about what happened to her and ensure people don’t simply think about the picture-postcard image of her country. Safiya Sinclair’s book “How to Say Babylon” has now been translated into French, under the title “Dire Babylon”. In it, she tells of her childhood ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and his aim to ensure she remained protected from Babylon, or more Western influences. She spoke to us in Perspective about her new life as a writer and poet.