Book description
'Where are you from?' 'No, where are you really from?' These questions,
which he has been asked since boyhood, drive Ekow Eshun to travel
through Ghana in search of his roots, and lead him on an exploration of
history and belonging, from slavery in Africa and the West to the
present day and what it means to be black. In search of answers, Ekow
unearths yet more questions, some shocking contradictions and some
long-forgotten truths about his family past... Ekow Eshun was born in
London in 1968 and grew up in England and Ghana. He was the
youngest-ever editor of a men's magazine (Arena), is well-known in the
media for his appearances on Newsnight Review, and is now artistic
director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. This is his
first book.
