‘Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. So I’m sharing mine’: Michael Kiwanuka on life after his devastating stroke

‘I want to tell people why I haven’t been around’ …Michael Kiwanuka, pictured in March 2023. Photograph: Jodie Canwell ‘I want to tell people why I haven’t been around’ …Michael Kiwanuka, pictured in March 2023. Photograph: Jodie Canwell Michael Kiwanuka Interview ‘Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. So I’m sharing mine’: Michael Kiwanuka on life after his devastating stroke Jason Okundaye The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved