'Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things. What a
hero.' Bear Grylls 'If you are compelled by a hero's journey then Kenny Imafidon is a hero for
this generation.' Simon Sinek For fans of Poverty Safari and Skint Estate That Peckham Boy is
a real-life manifesto calling for positive change for those on the fringes of society.'When
you're writing the story of your life make sure you're holding the pen. In this life you can
be whoever you want to be.' Two days after his eighteenth birthday Kenny Imafidon was charged
with the murder of a seventeen-year-old boy in south-east London. The middle child of a single
mother with ambitions for her children Kenny grew up near an estate in Peckham where
deprivation and hopelessness were rife and gang culture flourished in his community. Kenny
faced a minimum of thirty years behind bars - longer than the life he had lived. When the case
against Kenny collapsed he quickly realised that his name was still inextricably linked with a
horrific crime he hadn't committed. He decided to rewrite his story. It began with The Kenny
Report which he delivered to the House of Commons and which detailed the experiences of
marginalised young people who drift into gangs and has led to extensive work with charities
communities and policy-makers that is helping to change the narratives of other young people
just like Kenny. A candid and unfiltered take on some of the most challenging topics that
define our times That Peckham Boy is a personal manifesto exploring what it means to be young
Black and poor in the city. It is shaped by Kenny's difficult childhood his transformative
time in prison and the people and conversations that took him from being on trial for murder
into the company of some of the most successful people in the world.
