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Book SynopsisA stunning social history of British rap and grime by one of the nation's foremost cultural chroniclers.
''A stunning exploration of a genre, a movement and a world. It's every bit as lyrical as the rap Ekpoudom has documented.''
CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie
''Illuminating and intimate. Ekpoudom's prose is rhythmic and deft but also crackles with joy. I know I''ll be reading it for years to come.''
CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, author of Small Worlds
''[An] engaging, erudite, sweeping social history of grime in Britain . . . The writing is sublime.''
GARY YOUNGE, NEW STATESMAN
''Brims with life and reverberates, long after you have closed its pages, with a quiet, lasting power.''
EVENING STANDARD
''Ekpoudom is, hands down, one of Britain's best music writers, as attested by his new book, Where We Come From, a kaleidoscopic, state-of-the-nation social and cultural
