Great Writers Inspire at Home: Nadifa Mohamed on travelling, home and belonging in Black Mamba Boy
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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Recorded: 1 June 2017
Contemporary Black and Asian British writing is changing how we see and read literature in English around Britain today. The Great Writers Inspire at Home series brings some of the best writers working in and beyond the UK into conversation with readers to discuss reading, writing, and how literature shapes our perceptions of the world and our identities within it.
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