| the ledge files the ledge - nl - uk |
new search |
conversations books |
Mahmood Gaildon publisher: , 2004 translated as: The Yibir of Las Burghabo publisher: Querido, Amsterdam, translation: refered to by: Black Mamba Boy Nadifa Mohamed
|
After an out-of-town trip on foot, Geeddi never returns home. Instead, his two children, Amina and Ali, are greeted with news of his death. His teenage daughter, Amina, assumes the role of parent to her | nine-year-old brother. As Ali grows up he becomes an excellent student, but his private thoughts leave him frustrated and confused. He knows Yibirs are shunned by society, but doesn't understand why. |
| bookweb | ||
| BOOKS BY MAHMOOD GAILDON: The Yibir of Las Burghabo 2004 The story of a Yibir family in Somalia. | ||
| : |
||
| The Ledge editor-in-chief: Stacey Knecht, info@the-ledge.com Thanks to: De digitale pioniers and Het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Design: Maurits de Bruijn |
Copyright: Pieter Steinz, Stacey Knecht All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. |
|