Whites Can Dance Too

An exhilarating debut novel told through three different voices, Whites Can Dance Too is Kalaf Epalangas reflection on and celebration of the music of his homeland, the intertwining of cultural roots, and freedom and love. It took being caught at a border without proper documents for me to realise Id always been a prisoner of sorts. Kuduro had been my passport to the world, thanks to it Id travelled to places Id never dreamed of visiting. But the chickens had come home to roost . . .Hours before performing at one of Europes most iconic music festivals, Kalaf Epalanga is detained at the border on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. Trapped, his thoughts soon thrum to the beat of kuduro, the blistering, techno-infused Angolan music which has taken him from Luanda to Kristiansund, Beirut to Rio de Janeiro, Paris to Lisbon.Shifting between his reflections while incarcerated, and the stories of Sofia - Kalafs friend at the heart of the Lisbon...