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,…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…