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I still play to their chords.
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.

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I still play to their chords.Livin within conventions.Livin within restrictions.Livin within a structure.Lettin someone write my narrative.Toye is preparing for... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 04/08/2022
    ISBN13: 9780571380503, 978-0571380503
    ISBN10: 0571380506

    Number of Pages: 96

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    I still play to their chords.
    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.

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