Aniefiok Ekpoudom: Where We Come From — Rap, Home & Hope in Modern Britain
Join The Book Hive on Thursday 3rd April and join the “remarkable” (The Guardian!) “sublime” (New Statesman!) and “pioneering” (Mojo!) writer, journalist and storyteller Aniefiok Ekpoudom. His fascinating book Where We Come From is a landmark social history of British rap and grime — from the artists and communities who created and were shaped by the music, to the listeners who found a sense of identity and home within it.
Something is happening in Britain, trembling the tracks as it unfolds. Recent years have borne witness to underground genres leaking out from the inner cities, going on to become some of the most popular music in the nation.
In Where We Come From, Aniefiok Ekpoudom travels the country to paint a compelling portrait of the dawn, boom and subsequent blossoming of UK rap and grime. Taking us from the heart of south London to the West Midlands and South Wales, he explores how a history of migration and an enduring spirit of resistance have shaped the current realities of these linked communities and the music they produce. These sounds have become vessels for the marginalised, carrying Black and working-class stories into the light.
Vividly depicted and compassionately told, Where We Come From weaves together intimate stories of resilience, courage and loss, as well as a shared music culture that gave refuge and purpose to those in search of belonging. Ekpoudom offers a rich chronicle of rap, identity, place and, above all, the social and human condition in modern Britain.
Aniefiok will be in conversation, and after the talk, with take part in a Q&A and book signing.
FREE (suggested donation of £2 to cover wine and heating)
Aniefiok Ekpoudom: Where We Come From — Rap, Home & Hope in Modern Britain
Join The Book Hive on Thursday 3rd April and join the “remarkable” (The Guardian!) “sublime” (New Statesman!) and “pioneering” (Mojo!) writer, journalist and storyteller Aniefiok Ekpoudom. His fascinating book Where We Come From is a landmark social history of British rap and grime — from the artists and communities who created and were shaped by the music, to the listeners who found a sense of identity and home within it.
Something is happening in Britain, trembling the tracks as it unfolds. Recent years have borne witness to underground genres leaking out from the inner cities, going on to become some of the most popular music in the nation.
In Where We Come From, Aniefiok Ekpoudom travels the country to paint a compelling portrait of the dawn, boom and subsequent blossoming of UK rap and grime. Taking us from the heart of south London to the West Midlands and South Wales, he explores how a history of migration and an enduring spirit of resistance have shaped the current realities of these linked communities and the music they produce. These sounds have become vessels for the marginalised, carrying Black and working-class stories into the light.
Vividly depicted and compassionately told, Where We Come From weaves together intimate stories of resilience, courage and loss, as well as a shared music culture that gave refuge and purpose to those in search of belonging. Ekpoudom offers a rich chronicle of rap, identity, place and, above all, the social and human condition in modern Britain.
Aniefiok will be in conversation, and after the talk, with take part in a Q&A and book signing.
FREE (suggested donation of £2 to cover wine and heating)
Aniefiok Ekpoudom: Where We Come From — Rap, Home & Hope in Modern Britain
Join The Book Hive on Thursday 3rd April and join the “remarkable” (The Guardian!) “sublime” (New Statesman!) and “pioneering” (Mojo!) writer, journalist and storyteller Aniefiok Ekpoudom. His fascinating book Where We Come From is a landmark social history of British rap and grime — from the artists and communities who created and were shaped by the music, to the listeners who found a sense of identity and home within it.
Something is happening in Britain, trembling the tracks as it unfolds. Recent years have borne witness to underground genres leaking out from the inner cities, going on to become some of the most popular music in the nation.
In Where We Come From, Aniefiok Ekpoudom travels the country to paint a compelling portrait of the dawn, boom and subsequent blossoming of UK rap and grime. Taking us from the heart of south London to the West Midlands and South Wales, he explores how a history of migration and an enduring spirit of resistance have shaped the current realities of these linked communities and the music they produce. These sounds have become vessels for the marginalised, carrying Black and working-class stories into the light.
Vividly depicted and compassionately told, Where We Come From weaves together intimate stories of resilience, courage and loss, as well as a shared music culture that gave refuge and purpose to those in search of belonging. Ekpoudom offers a rich chronicle of rap, identity, place and, above all, the social and human condition in modern Britain.
Aniefiok will be in conversation, and after the talk, with take part in a Q&A and book signing.
FREE (suggested donation of £2 to cover wine and heating)