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Nadifa Mohamed

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born
Hargesia, Somalia

gender
female

genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Historical Fiction


About this author

Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa (now in the Republic of Somaliland) in 1981 and moved as a child to England in 1986, staying permanently when war broke out in Somalia.

She lives in London and her first novel, Black Mamba Boy, based on her father's memories of his travels in the 1930s, was published in 2010. It was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the John Llewellyn-Rhys Memorial Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. It won the 2010 Betty Trask Prize.


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Average rating: 3.49 · 179 ratings · 52 reviews · 2 distinct works
Black Mamba Boy
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions
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Dugo Putovanje Kući
1.0 of 5 stars 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
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Literary Fiction ...: Orange Prize Longlist includes Attica Locke & other Authors of Color 16 21 Apr 20, 2010 07:46pm  
Around the World ...: Somalia 3 18 Feb 26, 2012 08:11pm  


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