Great Writers Inspire at Home: Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed, one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 2013, was born in Hargeisa, Somalia, and has lived in England since 1986. The workshop will focus on her debut novel, Black Mamba Boy (2010), based on her father’s travels across the Horn of Africa, before his eventual arrival in Britain. Mohamed will be in dialogue with ‘Africa in Words’ editor Kate Haines during the workshop. Readers will be able to participate in a discussion on their responses to the book.
Date: 1 June 2017, 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2017)
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Seminar Room, 3rd Floor
Speakers: Nadifa Mohamed, Kate Haines
Organising department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Organisers: Erica Lombard (University of Oxford), Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: erica.lombard@ell.ox.ac.uk
Host: TORCH (University of Oxford)
Part of: Great Writers Inspire at Home
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Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: http://www.writersmakeworlds.com/workshops
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Erica Lombard