Whites can dance too
Epalanga, Kalaf, 1978-2023
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'Whites Can Dance Too' tells the story of Kalaf, an Angolan musician stopped at the Norwegian border on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. While in a holding cell awaiting interrogation, he considers the life he has led and the events that have brought him to his current-day situation. His story is the story of a musical genre, kuduro, a blistering, high-energy form infused with social and political messages; of Sofia, a white Portuguese girl at the heart of the Lisbon dance scene who agrees to marry Kalaf to help him obtain a European passport; and of Viking, the Norwegian policeman haunted by a previous immigration case who holds Kalaf's fate in his hands and finds himself questioning his own livelihood following the rise of racism and prejudice in Norway.
Main title:
Whites can dance too / Kalaf Epalanga ; translated by Daniel Hahn.
Author:
Epalanga, Kalaf, 1978-, authorHahn, Daniel, translator
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2023.
Collation:
256 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Portuguese.
ISBN:
9780571371426 (hbk)
Dewey class:
869.35AF
LC class:
PQ9929
Local class:
F
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
BRN:
3402075