Igiaba Scego: Oltre Babilonia (Beyond Babylon)
The latest addition to my website is Igiaba Scego's Oltre Babilonia (Beyond Babylon). Scego is an Italian writer of Somali origin. This novel tells the stories of four women, Zuhra,…
Nuruddin Farah: Maps
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Maps. This novel is somewhat different from many of his others, as it focuses on an earlier part of Somali history,…
Nuruddin Farah: Close Sesame
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Close Sesame. While we are again dealing with opposition to the Somalia dictatorship, this one is slightly different from many of…
Nuruddin Farah: Sardines
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Sardines. This is similar to many of his other novels in that we have a brave person, in this case a…
Nuruddin Farah: Sweet and Sour Milk
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Sweet and Sour Milk, another grim tale from Somalia. Soyaan is feeling decidedly unwell and, by the end of the chapter,…
Nuruddin Farah: Crossbones
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Crossbones, the third book in his trilogy about Somalia at the beginning of this century and the the efforts of expatriate…
Nuruddin Farah: Knots
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Knots, the second in a trilogy of novels about expatriate Somalis visiting Somalia during the early part of this century, when…
Nuruddin Farah: Links
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Links, the first book in a trilogy about the disastrous situation in Somalia, at the beginning of the 21st century. The…
Nadifa Mohamed: Black Mamba Boy
The latest addition to my website is Nadifa Mohamed's Black Mamba Boy. Mohamed is one of the Granta’s Best Young British Novelists, though she is Somali and this novel is…