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Abdi Latif Dahir is the East Africa correspondent for The New York Times. @nytimes East Africa Correspondent. email: abdi.dahir@nytimes.com

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Book Cover for: Glory, Noviolet Bulawayo

Glory

Noviolet Bulawayo
Abdi Latif DahirAbdi Latif Dahir

For @nytimesbooks, I spoke with Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo ahead of the release of her second novel next week. The book, “Glory,” (from @vikingbooks) uses a cast of animals to tell the story a nation on the cusp of revolution. 📸: @ZinyangePhoto https://t.co/xD53gEBt3s

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Afterlives, Abdulrazak Gurnah

Afterlives

Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian writer of books including "Afterlives" & "Paradise," is the 2021 @NobelPrize literature laureate “for his uncompromising & compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism & the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures & continents”

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021, Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian writer of books including "Afterlives" & "Paradise," is the 2021 @NobelPrize literature laureate “for his uncompromising & compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism & the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures & continents”

Paperback, 1995

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Life of the Bee, Alfred Sutro

The Life of the Bee

Alfred Sutro
Abdi Latif DahirAbdi Latif Dahir

“He is a master and one of Africa’s greatest living writers. He will now be published and read all over the world”: After Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, publishers scrambled to accommodate the wide interest in his books. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/books/abdulrazak-gurnah-nobel-prize-literature-afterlives.html

Paperback, 2022

$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Promise: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

Damon Galgut
Abdi Latif DahirAbdi Latif Dahir

“You’d better ask me that tomorrow, because my nerves have kind of gone numb. I truly didn’t expect to be standing here”: Damon Galgut wins @TheBookerPrizes for his novel ‘The Promise.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/books/booker-prize-winner-damon-galgut-the-promise.html?smid=tw-share

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
Abdi Latif DahirAbdi Latif Dahir

At once relatable — and revolutionary. ... "Sex Lives” has sparked a debate across the region and the African diaspora. ... “This book captures our collective story of sexual liberation,” said Felogene Anumo ... “It captures our experiences of pain and pleasure ...

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner

Joan Didion
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I have memorized so many Joan Didion lines from her novels and essay collections. But it’s the first line from “The Year of Magical Thinking” that stays with me. It goes: “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”

Paperback, 2007

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