Ambitions Of The Deprived

by Emeka Egbuonu

Overview

Ambitions of the Deprived chronicles the lives of four teenage friends as they experience life through a lens of contradiction, conflicts and struggles for space and identity. Refusing to be limited by the stereotypical expectations of society due to their race, age and social status they pledge to rise above their circumstances and succeed against the odds. At the crux of adulthood they have high aspirations and great motivation for careers in teaching, law and the Olympics. Their destitute area, violent gang members and a local murder uproot their plans when one of the boys, Junior becomes unwittingly caught up in the crime. His innocence is of little importance when the trial tarnishes him with the same brush as the perpetrators.

Family in disbelief, friends in uproar, community in protest the affect is widespread. As the pressure mounts ambitions are put on hold, friendships are tested and loyalties broken. Unless the trial can be infiltrated, labels will continue to criminalise and the truth will be lost forever...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151141420
Publisher:	Knowledge Bidders
Publication date:	06/18/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	307
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Emeka Egbuonu has always been interested in writing. He started by writing spoken word poetry while he was in secondary school.

Egbuonu’s first book ‘Consequences’ was well received by Social science scholars and casual readers alike. Since then Emeka has written articles for the Huffington post,directed two documentaries; ‘London to LA’ a gang intervention documentary in Los Angeles and ‘Stop and Search, through the eyes of the child’, a documentary analysing the relationship between young people and the police.

He has also sat on a panel for the ‘Future Spaces Foundation Report’ a report on future of the high street. Egbuonu, a former football coach and youth worker of 10 years is now a Lecturer at Barking and Dagenham College.