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Nadifa Mohamed on travelling, home and belonging in Black Mamba Boy

Nadifa Mohamed on travelling, home and belonging in Black Mamba Boy

Update: 2017-08-25
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Nadifa Mohamed reads from and discusses her debut novel, Black Mamba Boy (2010), based on her father’s travels across the Horn of Africa before settling in Britain. In discussion with Dr Kate Wallis, she talks about the process of writing the novel, and how it has been read and received in Britain and elsewhere.
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Nadifa Mohamed on travelling, home and belonging in Black Mamba Boy

Nadifa Mohamed on travelling, home and belonging in Black Mamba Boy

Nadifa Mohamed, Kate Wallis