Kayo Chingonyi was born in Zambia in 1987, and moved to the UK at the age of six. His first full-length collection, Kumukanda, won the Dylan Thomas Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize. He is a writer and presenter for the music and culture podcast Decode on Spotify and his most recent collection A Blood Condition is just out with Chatto & Windus.

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Track name: Darkstorm – Bittersweet featuring Kayo Chingonyi

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9c00m0qk77vz96/1%20Kayo%20Chingonyi%20Episode%20FINAL%20040422_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

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Please note: this episode was recorded prior to the news of Dizzee Rascal assaulting his former partner.