Post by Carl LaFong on May 9, 2024 16:54:08 GMT
www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/09/escaping-henry-cockburn-refugee-rap-epic-tale-of-ahmed
‘I know the adrenaline of escaping’: Henry Cockburn on turning his time on the run into a refugee rap epic.
His Costa-shortlisted first book examined his own schizophrenia, from hospital breakouts to hiding from the police. Now the writer has fed this into Tale of Ahmed, a story in rap verse about a boy fleeing Afghanistan for Britain.
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‘I know the adrenaline of escaping’: Henry Cockburn on turning his time on the run into a refugee rap epic.
His Costa-shortlisted first book examined his own schizophrenia, from hospital breakouts to hiding from the police. Now the writer has fed this into Tale of Ahmed, a story in rap verse about a boy fleeing Afghanistan for Britain.
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