Kumukanda

Kayo Chingonyi

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English

Chatto & Windus
15 June 2017

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

A much-anticipated debut collection of beautifully crafted and powerful poems, from a writer of tremendous talent and promise
*Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018
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*Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2018
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'A brilliant debut - a tender, nostalgic and, at times, darkly hilarious exploration of black boyhood, masculinity and grief. A gorgeous and necessary collection from one of my favourite writers' Warsan Shire

Translating as 'initiation', kumukanda is the name given to the rites a young boy from the Luvale tribe must pass through before he is considered a man. The poems of Kayo Chingonyi's remarkable debut explore this passage- between two worlds, ancestral and contemporary; between the living and the dead; between the gulf of who he is and how he is perceived.

Underpinned by a love of music, language and literature, here is a powerful exploration of race, identity and masculinity, celebrating what it means to be British and not British, all at once.
*Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize; Seamus Heaney Centre First Poetry Collection Prize; Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry; Roehampton Poetry Prize; Jhalak Prize 2018
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By: Kayo Chingonyi
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 85g
ISBN: 9781784741396
ISBN 10: 1784741396
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 15 June 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kayo Chingonyi was born in Zambia in 1987, and moved to the UK at the age of six. He is the author of two pamphlets, and a fellow of the Complete Works programme for diversity and quality in British Poetry. In 2012, he was awarded a Geoffrey Dearmer Prize, and was Associate Poet at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in 2015.

Reviews for Kumukanda

A brilliant debut -- a tender, nostalgic and at times darkly hilarious exploration of black boyhood, masculinity and grief -- from one of my favourite writers -- Warsan Shire Kumakanda is an essential collection from one of the UK's most exciting poets. Kayo's poetry is beautiful, thoughtful, musical and nostalgic -- Nikesh Shukla A wonderful debut: music, race, deracination, love and death are all woven into a compelling portrait of a young man growing up, rendered in poems that are elegant yet conversational, fluent yet profoundly skillful, touched with heart-stopping lyricism. For the reader, an initiation not to be missed -- Henry Shukman Powerful... These poems are essential and urgent and shine a light on British culture in an unique and spellbinding way Elle, '10 'Woke' Works Of Literature You Need To Add To Your Reading List This Year'