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]]> false Stiftelsen Litteraturhuset info+67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d@mg-eu.acast.com 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d my-african-reading-list https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1740573955608-ef67227a-75e5-475b-8915-ac687abc26e4.jpeg https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/my-african-reading-list My African Reading List Arinze Ifeakandu Arinze Ifeakandu Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT 16:03 69453115f756711739a20501 false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/arinze-ifeakandu 69453115f756711739a20501 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d arinze-ifeakandu full Arinze Ifeakandu is a literary shooting star from Nigeria, with a characteristic, lyrical prose, who has been advocated by authors such as Damon Galgut og Colm Tóibín. God’s Children Are Little Broken Things from 2022 is his literary debut, winning him several literary prizes, including the prestigious Dylan Thomas Prize. In addition to the short story collection, Ifeakandu has published several shorter pieces of both fiction and non-fiction, and is currently working on his first novel.

 

This is Ifeakandu's reading list:

* Chinua Achebe

* Peter Abrahams, Mine Boy

* Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers

* NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

* Toni Morrison

* James Baldwin

* Maya Angelou

* Gbenga Adesina

* I.S. Jones

* Ebenezer Agu

* Logan February, Painted Blue with Salt Water

* Gbenga Adeoba

* Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, The Tiny Things Are Heaviest

* Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

* Chukwuebuka Ibeh, Blessings

* Gbolahan Adeola

* Otosirieze Obi-Young from Open country magazine

 

 

The host in this episode is Madeleine Gedde Metz

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho

 

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]]> Arinze Ifeakandu is a literary shooting star from Nigeria, with a characteristic, lyrical prose, who has been advocated by authors such as Damon Galgut og Colm Tóibín. God’s Children Are Little Broken Things from 2022 is his literary debut, winning him several literary prizes, including the prestigious Dylan Thomas Prize. In addition to the short story collection, Ifeakandu has published several shorter pieces of both fiction and non-fiction, and is currently working on his first novel.

 

This is Ifeakandu's reading list:

* Chinua Achebe

* Peter Abrahams, Mine Boy

* Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers

* NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

* Toni Morrison

* James Baldwin

* Maya Angelou

* Gbenga Adesina

* I.S. Jones

* Ebenezer Agu

* Logan February, Painted Blue with Salt Water

* Gbenga Adeoba

* Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, The Tiny Things Are Heaviest

* Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

* Chukwuebuka Ibeh, Blessings

* Gbolahan Adeola

* Otosirieze Obi-Young from Open country magazine

 

 

The host in this episode is Madeleine Gedde Metz

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho

 

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]]> Koleka Putuma Koleka Putuma Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT 27:46 692704fee85b4ee0f9172c9e false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/my-african-reading-list-koleka-putuma 692704fee85b4ee0f9172c9e 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d my-african-reading-list-koleka-putuma full South African Koleka Putuma is an author, a playwright, an editor, amentor, and she has become a cult figure in the activist poetry community. In a direct style that pulls no punches, she writes about homophobia and transphobia, gender and racism, while each line pulses with compassion and love. Putuma entered the literary world with a bang in 2017, with her debut collection Collective Amnesia, which explores South Africa’s historic racism and its consequences, both institutionally and within the culture. Since then, she has published two more critically acclaimed poetry collections.


This is Putuma's reading list:


* Vuyelwa Maluleke

* Maneo Mohale, Everything Is a Deathly Flower

* Busisiwe Mahlangu, Surviving Loss

* Octavia Butler, The Parable of the Sower

*Arinze Ifeakandu, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

* D’bi.young


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

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]]> South African Koleka Putuma is an author, a playwright, an editor, amentor, and she has become a cult figure in the activist poetry community. In a direct style that pulls no punches, she writes about homophobia and transphobia, gender and racism, while each line pulses with compassion and love. Putuma entered the literary world with a bang in 2017, with her debut collection Collective Amnesia, which explores South Africa’s historic racism and its consequences, both institutionally and within the culture. Since then, she has published two more critically acclaimed poetry collections.


This is Putuma's reading list:


* Vuyelwa Maluleke

* Maneo Mohale, Everything Is a Deathly Flower

* Busisiwe Mahlangu, Surviving Loss

* Octavia Butler, The Parable of the Sower

*Arinze Ifeakandu, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

* D’bi.young


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho

 

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]]> Soukaina Habiballah Soukaina Habiballah Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:00:00 GMT 25:56 68e8b460f513ad2b81f7c116 false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/soukaina-habiballah 68e8b460f513ad2b81f7c116 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d soukaina-habiballah full Soukaina Habiballah is from Morocco, and the author of four award-winning poetry collections, a short story collection, a novel and a play, Nini Ya Momo.

 

This is Soukaina Habiballah’s reading list:

Iman Mersal, Traces of Enayat, (trans. Robin Moger)

                              How To Mend: Motherhood and Its Ghosts (trans. Robin Moger)

Abdelfattah Kilito, Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language, (trans. Waïl S. Hassan)

Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account

 

The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

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]]> Soukaina Habiballah is from Morocco, and the author of four award-winning poetry collections, a short story collection, a novel and a play, Nini Ya Momo.

 

This is Soukaina Habiballah’s reading list:

Iman Mersal, Traces of Enayat, (trans. Robin Moger)

                              How To Mend: Motherhood and Its Ghosts (trans. Robin Moger)

Abdelfattah Kilito, Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language, (trans. Waïl S. Hassan)

Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account

 

The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho

 

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]]> Wole Talabi Wole Talabi Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:00:00 GMT 32:28 689dab48b9b9dae0c7d9b944 false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/wole-talabi 689dab48b9b9dae0c7d9b944 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d wole-talabi full Wole Talabi is a Nigerian science fiction author. He is best known for his short stories, most of them collected in the collections Incomplete Solutions and Convergence Problems. His latest novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon won the prestigious Nommo award for best novel. Talabi has also edited the anthologies Africanfuturism and Mothersound, both central publications in African fantasy and science fiction.

 

This is Talabi’s reading list:

-       Nnedi Okorafor, Lagoon

-       Kojo Laing, Woman of the Aeroplanes

-       Lauren Beukes, Zoo City

-       Tade Thompson, Rosewater

-       Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

-       T. L. Huchu, Library of the Dead


He also mentions:

-       Ben Okri

-       Chinua Achebe

-       Wole Soyinka

-       Carmen Maria Machado

-       Arthur C. Clarke

-       Isaac Asimov

-       Larry Niven, Ringworld

-       Jerry Pournelle

-       Cyprian Ekwensi

-       Flora Nwapa

-       Pemi Aguda, Ghostroots

-       Amos Tutuola, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and The Palm-Wine Drinkard

 

The host in this episode is Daniel Røkholt.

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Music by Ibou Cissokho.

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]]> Wole Talabi is a Nigerian science fiction author. He is best known for his short stories, most of them collected in the collections Incomplete Solutions and Convergence Problems. His latest novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon won the prestigious Nommo award for best novel. Talabi has also edited the anthologies Africanfuturism and Mothersound, both central publications in African fantasy and science fiction.

 

This is Talabi’s reading list:

-       Nnedi Okorafor, Lagoon

-       Kojo Laing, Woman of the Aeroplanes

-       Lauren Beukes, Zoo City

-       Tade Thompson, Rosewater

-       Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

-       T. L. Huchu, Library of the Dead


He also mentions:

-       Ben Okri

-       Chinua Achebe

-       Wole Soyinka

-       Carmen Maria Machado

-       Arthur C. Clarke

-       Isaac Asimov

-       Larry Niven, Ringworld

-       Jerry Pournelle

-       Cyprian Ekwensi

-       Flora Nwapa

-       Pemi Aguda, Ghostroots

-       Amos Tutuola, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and The Palm-Wine Drinkard

 

The host in this episode is Daniel Røkholt.

Editing and production by the House of Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.

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]]> Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT 27:10 67bf0fe79f45343122ea8d18 false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/jennifer-nansubuga-makumbi 67bf0fe79f45343122ea8d18 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d jennifer-nansubuga-makumbi full Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan British writer, known for her debut novel Kintu, as well as the short story collection Manchester Happened and the novel The First Woman. She has been awarded the Coomonwealth Short Story Prize and the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and also been named one of the 100 most influental Africans by New African magazine.


This is Makumbi’s reading list:

  • Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half
  • Yvonne Battle-Felton, Curdle Creek
  • Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

                         Arrow of Good

  • Ngugi wa Thiong’o
  • Wole Soyinka
  • Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift

                          The Furrows

  • Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Stay With Me
  • Ayesha Haruna Attah, The Hundred Wells of Salaga
  • Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley

                       River Spirit


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho


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]]> Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan British writer, known for her debut novel Kintu, as well as the short story collection Manchester Happened and the novel The First Woman. She has been awarded the Coomonwealth Short Story Prize and the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and also been named one of the 100 most influental Africans by New African magazine.


This is Makumbi’s reading list:

  • Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half
  • Yvonne Battle-Felton, Curdle Creek
  • Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

                         Arrow of Good

  • Ngugi wa Thiong’o
  • Wole Soyinka
  • Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift

                          The Furrows

  • Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Stay With Me
  • Ayesha Haruna Attah, The Hundred Wells of Salaga
  • Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley

                       River Spirit


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho


The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Igoni Barrett Igoni Barrett Sat, 03 Aug 2024 22:00:00 GMT 32:46 67bf104964dd9075373496c2 false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/igoni-barrett 67bf104964dd9075373496c2 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d igoni-barrett full A. Igoni Barrett is a Nigerian writer of novels and short stories, especially well known for his award-winning novel 2015 Blackass. In 2014, he was named on the Hay Festival's Africa39 list of African writers under 40. Barrett is also part of the House of Literature's artistic council, advising in our project to promote African literature.


This is Igoni Barrett's reading list:

  • Abdulrazak Gurnah, Afterlives
  • Zoe Wicomb, You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town
  • Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

                                   Jazz

  • Alex Haley, Roots
  • Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
  • Yambo Ouloguem, Le devoir de violence (Bound To Violence)
  • Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes


The host in this episode Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho


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]]> A. Igoni Barrett is a Nigerian writer of novels and short stories, especially well known for his award-winning novel 2015 Blackass. In 2014, he was named on the Hay Festival's Africa39 list of African writers under 40. Barrett is also part of the House of Literature's artistic council, advising in our project to promote African literature.


This is Igoni Barrett's reading list:

  • Abdulrazak Gurnah, Afterlives
  • Zoe Wicomb, You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town
  • Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

                                   Jazz

  • Alex Haley, Roots
  • Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
  • Yambo Ouloguem, Le devoir de violence (Bound To Violence)
  • Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes


The host in this episode Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho


The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Leila Aboulela Leila Aboulela Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:00:00 GMT 30:05 67bf1114ddaea755a7c7915f false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/leila-aboulela 67bf1114ddaea755a7c7915f 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d leila-aboulela full Leila Aboulela is a Sudanese writer, currently living in Scotland. She is the author of six award winning novels, including The Translator (1999), Bird Summons (2019) and River Spirit (2023), as well as a number of plays and short story collections. Aboulela was the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for Fiction, and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.


This is Leila Aboulela’s reading list:

  • Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
  • Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North

                             The Wedding of Zein

  • Naguib Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street)

                              The Thief and the dogs

  • Ahdaf Soueif, In the Eye of the Sun
  • Fatin Abbas, Ghost Season
  • Isabella Hammad, The Parisian

                               Enter Ghost

 

 

The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.


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]]> Leila Aboulela is a Sudanese writer, currently living in Scotland. She is the author of six award winning novels, including The Translator (1999), Bird Summons (2019) and River Spirit (2023), as well as a number of plays and short story collections. Aboulela was the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for Fiction, and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.


This is Leila Aboulela’s reading list:

  • Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
  • Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North

                             The Wedding of Zein

  • Naguib Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street)

                              The Thief and the dogs

  • Ahdaf Soueif, In the Eye of the Sun
  • Fatin Abbas, Ghost Season
  • Isabella Hammad, The Parisian

                               Enter Ghost

 

 

The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.


The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Masande Ntshanga Masande Ntshanga Sat, 05 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT 34:01 67bf120f6b976c3351178ccd false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/masande-ntshanga 67bf120f6b976c3351178ccd 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d masande-ntshanga full Masande Ntshanga is a writer and poet, an editor of New Contrast Magazine and a teacher of creative writing. For his debut novel The Reactive, he was awarded the Betty Trask Award, while his second novel, Triangulum, was nominated for the Nommo Prize for Best Speculative Fiction Novel written by an African. His latest book is the 2020 chapbook Native Life in the Third Millennium.


This is Masande's reading list:


Imraan Coovadia, Tales of the Metric System

                          A Spy in Time

K. Sello Duiker, The Quiet Violence of Dreams

Njabulo Ndebele, Fools and Other Stories



Host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho


The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Masande Ntshanga is a writer and poet, an editor of New Contrast Magazine and a teacher of creative writing. For his debut novel The Reactive, he was awarded the Betty Trask Award, while his second novel, Triangulum, was nominated for the Nommo Prize for Best Speculative Fiction Novel written by an African. His latest book is the 2020 chapbook Native Life in the Third Millennium.


This is Masande's reading list:


Imraan Coovadia, Tales of the Metric System

                          A Spy in Time

K. Sello Duiker, The Quiet Violence of Dreams

Njabulo Ndebele, Fools and Other Stories



Host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho


The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Maaza Mengiste Maaza Mengiste Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:00:00 GMT 22:28 67bf12b59f45343122eb316b false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/maaza-mengiste 67bf12b59f45343122eb316b 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d maaza-mengiste full Maaza Mengiste is a writer, photographer and teacher of creative fiction at Wesleyan University. Her 2010 debut novel, Beneath the Lion's Gaze, depicts the bloody revolution in 1970s Ethiopia, and was named one of the 10 Best Contemporary African Books by the Guardian. Her second novel The Shadow King, portraying the Italo-Ethiopian war of the 1930s, was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker prize in 2020.


This is Maaza Mengiste’s reading list:

  • Ama Ata Aidoo, Our Sister Killjoy
  • Maya Binyam, Hangman
  • Mihret Sibhat, The History of a Difficult Child
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions



The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of

Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.

 

The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Maaza Mengiste is a writer, photographer and teacher of creative fiction at Wesleyan University. Her 2010 debut novel, Beneath the Lion's Gaze, depicts the bloody revolution in 1970s Ethiopia, and was named one of the 10 Best Contemporary African Books by the Guardian. Her second novel The Shadow King, portraying the Italo-Ethiopian war of the 1930s, was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker prize in 2020.


This is Maaza Mengiste’s reading list:

  • Ama Ata Aidoo, Our Sister Killjoy
  • Maya Binyam, Hangman
  • Mihret Sibhat, The History of a Difficult Child
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions



The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of

Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.

 

The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:00:00 GMT 39:14 67bf13879f45343122eb854a false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor 67bf13879f45343122eb854a 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d yvonne-adhiambo-owuor full Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is an author, screenwriter, and former head of the Zanzibar International Film Festival. In 2003, the Kenyan won the Caine Prize for African Writing, and her 2013 debut novel, Dust, won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. In 2015, Owuor visited the House of Literature, a visit that resulted in the Norwegian publication of Dust. The critically acclaimed The Dragonfly Sea followed in 2019.


This is Owuor's reading list:

  • Makena Onjerica
  • Oduor Okwiri
  • Dennis Mugaa
  • Idza Luhumyo
  • Troy Onyango
  • Remy Ngamije
  • Gloria Mwanige
  • Kwame Nyongo
  • Aleya Kassam


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.

 

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]]> Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is an author, screenwriter, and former head of the Zanzibar International Film Festival. In 2003, the Kenyan won the Caine Prize for African Writing, and her 2013 debut novel, Dust, won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. In 2015, Owuor visited the House of Literature, a visit that resulted in the Norwegian publication of Dust. The critically acclaimed The Dragonfly Sea followed in 2019.


This is Owuor's reading list:

  • Makena Onjerica
  • Oduor Okwiri
  • Dennis Mugaa
  • Idza Luhumyo
  • Troy Onyango
  • Remy Ngamije
  • Gloria Mwanige
  • Kwame Nyongo
  • Aleya Kassam


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.

 

The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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]]> Nadifa Mohamed Nadifa Mohamed Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:00:00 GMT 25:58 67bf13333beb1d14639b8023 false https://shows.acast.com/my-african-reading-list/episodes/nadifa-mohamed 67bf13333beb1d14639b8023 67bf0d339f45343122e9f35d nadifa-mohamed full Nadifa Mohamed is the writer of three novels, with the two first, Black Mamba and The Orchard of Lost Souls available in Norwegian translation so far. In 2017, Mohamed participated in The House of Literature’s festival on Somali literature, A nation of poets. During the pandemic, she interviewed Arundhati Roy and Édouard Louis for the House of Literature and Linn Ullmann’s podcast How to Proceed. In 2013, she appeared on Granta’s list of best young British writers. Mohamed’s latest novel, The Fortune Men, was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize in 2021. Mohamed teaches creative writing at the Royal Holloway University in London.


This is Nadifas reading list:

  • Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma, translation by Frank Wynne, Heinemann. (2006) (originally in French 2000)
  • Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kourouma, translation by Frank Wynne, Heinemann (2003) (originally in French 1998)
  • Home to Harlem by Claude Mckay (1928)
  • Banjo by Claude Mckay (1929)
  • Romance in Marseille by Claude Mckay(2020)(1933)
  • Amiable with Big Teeth by Claude Mckay (2017) (1941)


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of

Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.

 

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]]> Nadifa Mohamed is the writer of three novels, with the two first, Black Mamba and The Orchard of Lost Souls available in Norwegian translation so far. In 2017, Mohamed participated in The House of Literature’s festival on Somali literature, A nation of poets. During the pandemic, she interviewed Arundhati Roy and Édouard Louis for the House of Literature and Linn Ullmann’s podcast How to Proceed. In 2013, she appeared on Granta’s list of best young British writers. Mohamed’s latest novel, The Fortune Men, was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize in 2021. Mohamed teaches creative writing at the Royal Holloway University in London.


This is Nadifas reading list:

  • Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma, translation by Frank Wynne, Heinemann. (2006) (originally in French 2000)
  • Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kourouma, translation by Frank Wynne, Heinemann (2003) (originally in French 1998)
  • Home to Harlem by Claude Mckay (1928)
  • Banjo by Claude Mckay (1929)
  • Romance in Marseille by Claude Mckay(2020)(1933)
  • Amiable with Big Teeth by Claude Mckay (2017) (1941)


The host in this episode is Åshild Lappegård Lahn.

Editing and production by the House of

Literature.

Music by Ibou Cissokho.

 

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