Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: This week I've been mainly reading, no. 235. Igiaba Scego's short novel Adua (2017) ...

This week I've been mainly reading, no. 235.

Igiaba Scego's short novel Adua (2017) explore the exploitation of Somalia & Somalis by Italy & the Italians through an intertwined narrative fo a father & daughter, whose interiors are often imagined by each other than real. At time a lilt elliptical, this novel pretty effectively captures the pain of abandonment, female genital mutilation & (effective) slavery in a series of short vignettes of both characters life stories.

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