Ceremony for the Nameless

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY 'What a joy to see a new sun rising in the poetic sky!' Nikki Giovanni Exploring naming and its power, the remarkable second collection from the award-winning poet and former Young People’s Laureate for London In Yoruba culture, newborn babies are welcomed into the world, and ushered into the social fabric, through naming ceremonies filled with songs of praise. The names bestowed are communicative both of where the baby has come from – the circu