Whites Can Dance Too (Hardcover, Main)

It took being caught at a border without proper documents for me to realise I'd always been a prisoner of sorts. Kuduro had been my passport to the world, thanks to it I'd travelled to places I'd never dreamed of visiting. But the chickens had come home to roost . . . Hours before performing at one of Europe's most iconic music festivals, Kalaf Epalanga is detained at the border on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. Trapped, his thoughts soon thrum to the beat of kuduro, the blistering, techno-infused Angolan music which has taken him from Luanda to Kristiansund, Beirut to Rio de Janeiro, Paris to Lisbon. Shifting between his reflections while incarcerated, and the stories of Sofia - Kalaf's friend at the heart of the Lisbon dance scene - and the 'Viking', the immigration official holding Kalaf's fate in his hands, Whites Can Dance Too is a celebration of the music of Epalanga's homeland, and a hypnotic paean to cultural roots, to freedom and love. 'Both a manifesto and a love story . . . Electrifying . . . What you will find is a story so compelling and visceral that it has the power to move your heart and remind you that the only real borders are the ones we set around ourselves.' Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King (shortlisted for the Booker Prize) 'A novel full of swag and swing, entertaining and courageous . . . An excellent first novel.' José Eduardo Agualusa

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2023
Authors:	Kalaf Epalanga
Translators:	Daniel Hahn
Dimensions:	216 x 135mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-37142-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Music > Composers & musicians
LSN:	0-571-37142-6
Barcode:	9780571371426

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