Inua Ellams on Terry Pratchett
The poet and playwright on the influence of the fantasy comedy 'Pyramids'. He says: 'When I opened the first few pages...it is no exaggeration to say my whole world changed'.
The poet and playwright describes how he was influenced by the comic novel "Pyramids". "When I opened the first few pages...it is no exaggeration to say my whole world changed," he recalls. As a twelve-year-old Nigerian migrant to London, Ellams found that Pratchett's hilarious fantasy world helped him in his transition to his new homeland. "If I could give myself and belong so completely and entirely to his world, which mirrored Britain, then perhaps I could belong to Britain itself."
Producer: Smita Patel.
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