Jeffrey Boakye
Jeffrey Boakye is a writer, teacher and music enthusiast from Brixton, now living in Yorkshire with his wife and two sons. He has a particular interest in issues surrounding education, race and popular culture. Jeffrey has taught English in London secondary schools and sixth form colleges since 2007.
His first book, Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials, and the Meaning of Grime is an exploration of grime through the analysis of seminal tracks in the genre. His book Black, Listed was published to acclaim in 2019.
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What is Masculinity? Why Does it Matter? And Other Big Questions
Masculinity is being discussed more than ever before, in a range of contexts. People talk about 'toxic masculinity', claim that there is a crisis in…