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For fans of Half Of A Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war and upheaval, all seen through the eyes of a small boy alone in the world."`The most exciting, original new fiction is coming out of Africa. Nadifa Mohamed has produced a first novel of elegance and beauty...Watch out for this one during prize season; it's a stunning debut." - The Times Literary SupplementAden, Yemen, 1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten-year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world. Jama is forced home to his native Somalia, the land of his nomadic ancestors. War is on the horizon and the fascist Italian forces who control parts of East Africa are preparing for battle. Yet Jama cannot rest until he discovers whether his father, who has been absent from his life since he was a baby, is alive somewhere.And so begins an epic journey that 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 German concentration camps, across the seas to Britain and freedom."Just as Chimamanda Ngozi

Who reads Black Mamba Boy : A Novel?

Author

Mohamed, Nadifa

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780007315741

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Travel

Rating

3.72 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14