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Dipo Baruwa-Etti

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Toye is preparing for his piano exam to get into a prestigious music school, but he notices the lack of Black British history in the school's curriculum. He decides to teach his classmates about Black cultural icons himself, but not everyone wants Black history to be celebrated. Dipo Baruwa-Etti's inspiring new play about the pressures of being young, gifted, and ready to change the world premiered at Roundabout in Kingston in July 2022.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 04 August 2022
Publisher: Faber & Faber


Livin' within conventions.
Livin' within restrictions.
Livin' within a structure.
Lettin' someone write my narrative.

Toye is preparing for his piano exam to get into a prestigious music school. He's doing it for the contacts, the opportunity, the love of art. But when he notices the lack of Black British history in his school's curriculum, he begins to question himself and the world around him. Toye wants to follow his dream. But he can't let these institutions write his story. He decides to teach his classmates about Black cultural icons himself, but quickly discovers that not everyone wants Black history to be celebrated.

Dipo Baruwa-Etti's inspiring new play about the pressures of being young, gifted, and ready to change the world premiered at Roundabout in Kingston, in a Paines Plough and Rose Theatre production, in July 2022.

Weight: 115g
Dimension: 198 x 129 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571380503
Edition number: Main

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