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

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Great Writers Inspire at Home
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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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Great Writers Inspire at Home
People
Nadifa Mohamed
Kate Wallis
Keywords
writers in dialogue
literature
novels
biography
Somaliland
East Africa
British identity
migration
travel
reading
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 25/08/2017
Duration: 00:54:09

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