Aleks Sierz, ‘Battle of Ideas: history or hair gel?’, Jan 7, 2005, Vol. 69, Issue 1, p. 22.

Review of ‘Fix-up’ by Kwame Kwei-Armah,

‘Once, the burning question was reform or revolution. Now, the choice is more likely to be history of hair-gel. Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new play, Fix Up, is a compelling account fo black people’s the question for historical identity. In it, there’s an incisive discussion of what is the best way forward: displaying books that no one reads or selling hair products that everyone wants? It’s Black History Month, and Brother Kiyi, who runs the radical Fix Up bookshop in Tottenham, north London, would love to celebrate black cultural roots if only his shop wasn’t under threat from local developers […] the Fix Up bookshop is a lively microcosm of black radicalism in Britain […] into this shelf-lined haven – where tapes of Marcu Garvey, Claude McKay and James Baldwins speak of black struggles, aspirations and achievements, comes Alex, a mixed-race teacher. Having bene brought up by adoptive parents, her quest to understand her heritage is both political and personal — it’s also very moving’.