Prodigal
- 272 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
Kayo Chingonyi je básnik, ktorého tvorba skúma komplexnosť identity a kultúry prostredníctvom plynulého a rytmického jazyka. Jeho poézia často zahŕňa prvky hudby a performancií, čo odráža jeho vlastné skúsenosti ako MC, producenta a DJ-a. Chingonyiho diela sa vyznačujú hlbokým zamýšľaním sa nad dedičstvom, migráciou a hľadaním domova. Jeho jedinečný štýl spája osobné reflexie so širšími spoločenskými komentármi, čím oslovuje súčasné publikum a prispieva k rozmanitosti britskej poézie.




The moving, expansive, and dazzling second collection from award-winning poet Kayo ChingonyiA Blood Condition tells a story of inheritance - the people, places, cultures and memories that form us.
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. In this book, the poems 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.
Some Bright Elegance captures those moments of transformation when people, places or objects take on new significances. In the book this is explored in relation to bereavement, the transcendental qualities of music and the search for understanding between people.