Author Bassey Ikpi joins Bomani to chat about her new book “I’m Telling The Truth But I’m Lying”, which is a collection of essays about her road to diagnosis for Bipolar II. She discusses the experiences that she chronicles in the book (4:45), awareness in society of mental health issues (13:15), the reaction that she’s received publicly after sharing her story (24:19), how writing about family and friends has been received (44:53) as well as her next steps (52:00).

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