A good read. The main thing that I like about biographies is gaining insight into other people’s lives. The more different their background, the better, in some ways. I had a good feeling that Zephaniah did actually write this book - it has a genuineness to it that I enjoyed. I also learned a lot, because, even though he lived most of his life in the same country as me and over the same timescale, his world was different from mine. Having said that, there were familiar things, like popular music etc. and topical events, that kept it in context. I would now like to go to one of his performances ...
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