Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Mubanga Kalimamukwento (she/her) is a Zambian poet; her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in the Tusculum Review, Contemporary Verse 2, and Passengers Journal and has been translated into Italian by Menelique. She won the 2021 Deborah Keenan Poetry Scholarship and the 2022 Tusculum Review Poetry Chapbook Prize, selected by Carmen Giménez.
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Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies
trade paperback / 6 x 9 / 130pp
“…joy wilts, Dust to dust, the preacher calls it Ashes to ashes, as mwana tosses it mangles itself inside her nostrils now the aroma of starved earth, the brilliant white of a mother’s new coffinment waiting to receive it.”
Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s multi-lingual, hybrid collection of essays and poems, Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies, is a kaleidoscope of emotions: at once self-excavation and epitaph, exhumation and burial song. These words are a conversation between the present and the past.
Kalimamukwento deftly navigates the aftermath of devastating personal losses, particularly that of her mother. Through them, she invites readers to reflect on their own experiences of loss and the enduring impact of familial bonds.
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“Kalimamukwento is an author who has perfected her craft. Brilliant.”
Rešoketšwe Manenzhe, author of Scatterlings
“Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies will be unmissable”
The Tusculum Review
"Out of extraordinary loss, Mubanga Kalimamukwento has crafted a work of extraordinary genius . . . A fierce love song, a prayer, an unforgettable homage by a visionary artist determined to survive."
Sheila O’Connor, author of Evidence of V
"For contemporary African letters, this is foundational work, leaving an indelible mark."
Cheswayo Mphanza, author of The Rinehart Frames
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