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Nuruddin Farah
East AfricaContemporaryPost-colonialFiction
From a Crooked Rib
1970Nuruddin Farah
The story of Ebla, a young Somali woman who flees an arranged marriage, exploring women's rights and traditional practices in Somali society.
East AfricaFiction
Maps
1986Nuruddin Farah
First novel in the Blood in the Sun trilogy, exploring identity and belonging through the story of Askar, an orphan raised by a woman during the Ogaden War.
East AfricaFiction
Secrets
1998Nuruddin Farah
Third volume of Farah's Blood in the Sun trilogy, set as Somalia collapses into clan warfare. Kalaman, a young man, unravels secrets about his family's past that mirror Somalia's political unraveling.
East AfricaFiction
Gifts
1992Nuruddin Farah
Duniya, a nurse and single mother in Mogadishu, receives a mysterious gift and ponders what it means to give and receive. Set just before Somalia's collapse, it is a quiet meditation on dignity and dependency.
East AfricaFiction