Nadifa Mohamed
Black Mamba Boy
Aden, Yemen, 1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. When his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world Jama, a ten year-old boy, is forced home to his native Somalia. War is on the horizon. Yet Jama cannot rest until he discovers whether his father is alive somewhere. And so begins an epic journey which will take Jama north through Djibouti, war-torn Eritrea and Sudan, to Egypt. And from there, aboard a ship transporting Jewish refugees just released from
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Ben Okri
The Freedom Artist
From the author of the Man Booker-winning "The Famished Road". A young woman speaks the words 'Who is the Prisoner?' with the repercussions of this question spreading throughout the novel. A man searches for a woman in a world which centres around the mysterious Prison.
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