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Man Booker prize 2017 and poet Kayo Chingonyi – books podcast

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On this week’s podcast, Sian, Claire and Richard start by looking at this year’s rather starry Man Booker prize longlist, which was announced last Thursday. Thirteen books, from Paul Auster to Zadie Smith, are nominated for fiction’s most prestigious prize – but who will win?
Then Sian sits down with poet Kayo Chingonyi and discusses his debut poetry collection, Kumukanda, a word from Zambia’s Luvale people that translates as “initiation”. Chingonyi’s poetry explores the rites boys must pass through before they are considered men, whether they live in the Luvale tribe or in London, as well as meditations on race, music and identity.

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