$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 AND RADIO 6 MUSIC**FINANCIAL TIMES SUMMER PICK 2017**GUARDIAN BEST HOLIDAY READS 2017* '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 Translating as 'in
*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 AND RADIO 6 MUSIC**FINANCIAL TIMES SUMMER PICK 2017**GUARDIAN BEST HOLIDAY READS 2017* '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 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.
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