{"product_id":"kumukanda","title":"Kumukanda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2018*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslating 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderpinned 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*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*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308635529598,"sku":"NW9781784741396","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784741396.jpg?v=1778681482","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/kumukanda","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}