context

• ethiopia and eritrea border dispute
• lemn sissay and benjamin zephaniah grew up in foster homes
• knife crime in london
• mengistu

  • murderer who wanted to overthrow government
  • killed thousands of people
  • grovel at the knees of mengistu- mr keko compared to him
• legal/ court system in the UK
• mustapha: poured paint on the roof from the top window: red, yellow, green-

  sissay did this, got sent to juvenille prison