Where We Come From Av Aniefiok Ekpoudom

A stunning social history of British rap and grime by one of the nation's foremost cultural chroniclers. 'A stunning exploration of a genre, a movement and a world. It's every bit as lyrical as the rap Ekpoudom has documented.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie 'Illuminating and intimate. Ekpoudom's prose is rhythmic and deft but also crackles with joy. I know I'll be reading it for years to come.' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, author of Small Worlds '[An] engaging, erudite, sweeping social history of grime in Britain . . . The writing is sublime.' GARY YOUNGE, NEW STATESMAN 'Brims with life and reverberates, long after you have closed its pages, with a quiet, lasting power.' EVENING STANDARD 'Ekpoudom is, hands down, one of Britain's best music writers, as attested by his new book, Where We Come From, a kaleidoscopic, state-of-the-nation social and cultural history.' THE FACE *** I met people who never quite fit in where they were supposed to, who found solace, salvation and meaning