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NoViolet Bulawayo
Overview
Region

Southern Africa

Zimbabwe

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Coming-of-age story of Darling, first as a child in Zimbabwe navigating chaos and poverty, then as a teenager in the American Midwest, exploring diaspora experiences.

Literary Significance

2013 Booker Prize shortlist; Bulawayo became first black African woman and first Zimbabwean shortlisted for the prize

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