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Nadifa Mohamed

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Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981) is a Somali-British novelist. Her debut novel Mamba Boy was published in 2008.

Born 1981. Debut novel Mamba Boy (2008). Other novels include The Orchard of Lost Souls and The Fortune Men.

The review praises Mamba Boy as a well-written coming-of-age novel following Jama's search for his father across the Horn of Africa. It situates the story in the 1930s–40s and comments on colonial contexts. The reviewer notes Mohamed's youth (born 1981) and calls Mamba Boy a promising debut.

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