Performance
A night of Poetry and Afrobeat-jazz
Organised by Envoi
An evening to celebrate the release of Theresa Lola’s second poetry collection Ceremony for the Nameless (Penguin Poetry)
We invite you to spend an evening taking in conversations, poetry, and live jazz music. The book broaches the question, what is really in a name? It explores how names and the act of naming shapes our identities, our aspirations, what we carry and how we belong. Theresa is joined by award winning writer Caleb Azumah Nelson for a thoughtful discussion about the themes and writing of the book. Instrumentalists accompanying on the night are Deanna Wilhelm, KK Brown, and Faye Thompson.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase, and Theresa Lola will be signing books briefly after the event.
Praise for Ceremony for the Nameless
The poems in Ceremony for the Nameless are suffused with a beautifully intimate energy that belies an insistent transformative power - always at work in seducing us into seeing the world through a different lens - personal and cultural, fascinating and enriching. - Bernardine Evaristo
What a joy to see a new sun rising in the poetic sky! We all will enjoy this collection, Ceremony for the Nameless, following the questions and answers with which Theresa Lola struggles. She offers here a wonderful book to add to your collection. - Nikki Giovanni
An immaculate and moving collection about the divisions and vulnerability of identity from a divine writer. - Candice Carty-Williams
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