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The writer on the pull of Zanzibar, his disquiet at Britain’s treatment of refugees — and the problem with italics
Understated Tanzanian exile who writes of lives caught in the tidal waves of history
Tanzanian novelist praised for ‘compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’
Everyone has a story in this subtly written, yet grand, sweep through German-run colonial times
The hounding of longstanding black residents highlights lasting xenophobia
A passive anti-hero discovers the truth about his childhood when he leaves Zanzibar for London
The Tanzanian author talks to Alec Russell about Zanzibar, colonialism and how the mood in Britain is changing
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