Speak Your Truth - Otis Mensah & Billy Manning

Poet in the City · Interview with Otis Mensah and producer Billy Manning at Speak Your Truth

Erica Gillingham interviews Otis Mensah and producer Billy Manning at Speak Your Truth, an event curated by Poet in the City's Producers Scheme at Poet in the City's 2018 Poetry and Lyrics Festival

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