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Poet Kayo Chingonyi on coming of age

On Start the Week, Kirsty Wark talks to Kayo Chingonyi about his poem, Kumukanda. The title translates as 'initiation' and Chingonyi compares the traditional coming of age rituals of the Luvale tribe of North Western Zambia with his own experience of growing up in the UK.

Image: Kayo Chingonyi Photographer: Naomi Woddis

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