Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed was born in Somalia and moved to Britain in 1986. Her first novel, Black Mamba Boy, published in 2010, was longlisted for the Orange Prize; shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Dylan Thomas Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the PEN/Open Book Award; and won the Betty Trask Award. Her most recent novel is The Orchard of Lost Souls. She is one of Granta’s 2013 Best of Young British Novelists.
Nadifa Mohamed on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Sasayama
Nadifa Mohamed
‘It was in one of those listless summers after graduation that I found myself in the small Japanese town of Sasayama.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Nadifa Mohamed | Interview
Nadifa Mohamed
A short film featuring Nadifa Mohamed, one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists.
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Nadifa Mohamed | Podcast
Nadifa Mohamed & Ted Hodgkinson
Nadifa Mohamed speaks with Ted Hodgkinson about her first novel, Black Mamba Boy.
Essays & Memoir | Issue 123
Fragments of a Nation
Nadifa Mohamed
‘I became English by osmosis; a new sense of humour, altered manners, an alternative history filtering through my old skin.’
