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Nagona

Euphrase Kezilahabi
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Region

East Africa

Tanzania

Era

Contemporary

Language

Swahili

Genre

Fiction

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An experimental, philosophically dense novel influenced by Kierkegaard and existentialism, following a narrator's surreal quest through dreams, riddles, and metamorphosis, pushing Swahili prose into postmodern territory.

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Considered Kezilahabi's masterpiece; introduced African existentialism to Swahili literature

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An experimental, philosophically dense novel influenced by Kierkegaard and existentialism, following a narrator's surreal quest through dreams, riddles, and metamorphosis, pushing Swahili prose into postmodern territory. Considered Kezilahabi's masterpiece; introduced African existentialism to Swahili literature

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