Derek Owusu: 'Mental health issues that people find scary aren't being talked about'

With a new book out on Stormzy's imprint, the writer discusses men's emotions, Ghanaian families and paying his brother £50 for each novel he reads Derek Owusu was born in London in 1988. His new book, That Reminds Me, is published by Stormzy's #Merky Books and is a novel-in-verse that explores identity, belonging, his experience of growing up in foster care, and his mental breakdown last year. Owusu edited the anthology Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space (2019) and is a marketing exec...