Fake 15

I read in yesterday's Guardian that the new artistic director of the Young Vic (see reference 1), is not from Ghana at all, despite being called Kwame Kwei-Armah. He was brought up as Ian Roberts in Southall, changing his name as a young man, after doing a roots job.

Fake in that his new name leads one to think that he or his family came from West Africa quite recently. But, to be fair, lots of luvvies have stage names chosen because they look or sound so much better than their real names.

While reference 2 leaves me with nothing but admiration for the drive with which his parents must have addressed their new lives in England, after arriving here from Grenada in the early 1960's.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/wings.html.

Reference 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kwei-Armah.