Elmina's Kitchen (Methuen Drama)

Deli is trying to revive the fortunes of his mother's restaurant in Murder Mile, Hackney. But where does his son disappear to on the night of the re-opening? And why does his friend Digger offer him protection? Elmina's Kitchen is a thrilling, engaging portrait of a one-parent family struggling to stay within the law while the Yardies are carving up the neighborhood.

Kwame Kwei-Armah, a television actor and playwright, lives in London. Elmina's Kitchen premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London,inMay 2003.