Musical - and other - Truth(s) with Jeffrey Boakye

We talked to Jeffrey Boakye and tried very hard to stay on the topic of children's books (and mostly succeeded). We talked about his middle grade series which starts with Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer, his books on music - Musical Truth and Musical World and what he is currently working on.We detoured into what everyone got up to in the 80s and 90s when there were only four TV channels and no mobile phones and then came back to children's books and why the diversity of both authors and main characters is on the decline again.You can find more information about Jeffrey here and the books we discussed are as follows:Kofi and the Rap Battle SummerKofi and the Secret Radio StationKofi and the Brand New VibeMusical Truth, illustrated by Ngadi SmartMusical World, illustrated by Ngadi SmartI Heard What You SaidFaith's First Case (out Feb 2027)And the book Jeffery recommended to us wasWild East by Ashley Hickson-LovenceSend us a message