Nadifa Mohamed
Somali-British novelist (born 1981) known for works including Black Mamba Boy, The Orchard of Lost Souls, and The Fortune Men, which explore Somali history, migration and identity.
Books
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1. The Fortune Men
Set in 1950s Cardiff, this novel fictionalizes the true-life case of Mahmood Mattan, a Somali-born shopkeeper who is arrested, convicted and executed for a murder he likely did not commit; against a backdrop of postwar Britain it explores the destructive forces of racial prejudice, flawed policing and social isolation and the devastating impact of a miscarriage of justice on his family and community.
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