Chisungu
$36.65
- Paperback
90 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2027
Summary
A deeply personal exploration of grief, race and belonging, reframing a traditional rite of passage through family history, cultural displacement and loss.
A nod to Zambian-British poet Kayo Chingonyi’s collection entitled Kumukanda, referring to the male initiation ceremony, Chisungu is the initiation ceremony of young women in the Bemba tradition. The work is a series of lyric essays and poetry, which explore loss and the history of a family center…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915406811 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915406811 |
| Author: | Gloria Huwiler |
| Publisher: | Eyewear Publishing |
| Imprint: | Eyewear Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 90 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2027 |
| Weight: | 57g |
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Gloria Huwiler
A multi-disciplinary performer and writer of Zambian and Swiss descent, Gloria studied at Oxford School of Drama and Brown University. She initially worked in theatre and won a Bessie: New York Dance and Performance Award for her work in the off-Broadway production ‘Pent Up: A Revenge Dance.’
Gloria’s work in independent film includes appearing in Rungano Nyoni’s debut feature, ‘I’m not a Witch,’ which premiered at Cannes Film Festival, Director’s Fortnight, Mete Sozer’s debut feature ‘And the Circus Leaves Town,’ and more recently in Marco Sandeman’s Danish/ UK thriller ‘Borderline’ with Natalia Tena.
Gloria’s writing work has focused on the subversion of tropes concerning African identity. Her debut feature screenplay looking at black privilege, ‘Victoria Falling,’ was selected for Cannes L’Atelier incubation programme, and has been optioned by Good Chaos. ‘Afterbirth,’ her second feature is in development with 4 & ½ Productions, after the concept won a grant from the Norwegian Film Institute’s emerging talent program, Neo. Gloria was selected as one of the writers on Netflix’s first African Animated show Mama K’s Team Four, and penned two episodes.
While completing a Masters in Creative Writing at Cambridge, Gloria wrote ‘Chisungu,’ her first collection of lyric essays and poetry.
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