Ceremony for the nameless

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 circumstances of its birth, the atmosphere in the home - and of where its future will take it. Both are forms of destiny. Far-reaching and musical, Theresa Lola's second collection explores the act of naming and its role in shaping our identities, our aspirations, what we carry and how we belong.