*Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018* *Winner of the Somerset
Maugham Award 2018* '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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