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1948 - Present / Tanzania
Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Writer Who Carried Zanzibar
Abdulrazak Gurnah left Zanzibar as a young man and built a life in England, but the shores, languages and histories of home stayed with him. Through powerful novels about colonialism, exile and belonging, he brought East Africa's overlooked stories to readers around the world.
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01The Island He Left3 min
02Writing Home From Far Away3 min
03A Nobel Prize for Unheard Lives3 min
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