Kayo Chingonyi

Kayo Chingonyi (born 1987) is a Zambian British poet and editor who is the author of two poetry collections, ''Kumukanda'' and ''A Blood Condition'' (2021)''.'' He has also published two earlier pamphlets, ''Some Bright Elegance'' (Salt Publishing, 2012) and ''The Colour of James Brown’s Scream'' (Akashic, 2016).

He is a writer and presenter for the music and culture podcast ''Decode''. Chingonyi has won the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize, Dylan Thomas Prize and Somerset Maugham Award. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022. Provided by Wikipedia