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Happily drowning - Kokumo Rocks

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Title
Happily drowning

Author
Kokumo Rocks

format
Paperback / softback

Publisher
Luath Press

Language
English

UK Publication Date
20181126

Description

From performance poet and author of Bad Ass Raindrop Kokumo Rocks comes Happily Drowning, a vibrant and intense new collection of poems. Born out of a transformative near-death incident in Crete which dramatically altered her outlook on life, Kokumo's latest volume leads us from the Scottish countryside to Nigeria, via the metropolitan high street and her own childhood experiences. Along the way she paints her world with colour and spirit.

Kokumo Rocks was born in Dundee in 1965, but was raised in the Fife mining village of Cowdenbeath. Hers was the only black family in the area, and she left school with no qualifications or spelling. It wasn't until she attended university in the mid-90s that she was diagnosed as dyslexic.In 1991 she decided to change the direction of her life following a near-death experience, and began to fulfil her life-long ambition to become a performance poet. Kukumo's poetry explores the themes of love, race, freedom and imprisonment, and she does so with a sense of the importance of fun and humour - proud to include "the flabby bits".She describes herself as an African/Asian/Scottish writer and performance poet, and has performed in the UK, USA, India and Africa.Kukumo - the name means "this one will not die" - lives by the motto "if you don't ask you won't get", and believes that passion can turn the "mundane into excitement". She has been inspired by poets including Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephania and Ivor Cutler, but above all by 'growing up black in Scotland'.

Type
BOOK

Country of Publication
Scotland

Number of Pages
198

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