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NORMAN SAMUDA SMITH SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL

Norman Samuda Smith is a talented Author and former playwright. He is the first black British born novelist to be published in the UK, what an accolade to have under your belt. He has achieved so much and is so understated, but has done a plethora of work in which opened the doors through his writing of what it was like growing up as a black person in the UK. In 2013, Norman self-published three of his books, Britannia’s Children, Freedom Street, and in celebration of its 30^th Anniversary, his ground-breaking novel Bad Friday; which was first published in 1982 and republished in 1985.

In a rare appearance, we at Sounds Beautiful Radio hosted a two part thoughtful and personal interview with him by our very own presenter ‘Westfield John’. It was a pleasure having Norman come into the studio for this interview. So sit back and listen to full account of his surprising and inspiring stories.

Listen to part 1 of the interview here...

Listen to part 2 of the interview here...