A child of the state

Title:: A child of the state
Speaker:: Lemn Sissay
Description:: Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his own moving story.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 15:17

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