The Somali writer will discuss his oeuvre in a video chat at the upcoming event.
Farah’s debut, From a Crooked Rib, appeared in 1970 as number 80 in Heinemann’s African Writers Series. His most recent novel is North of Dawn (2018). In between, he has written eight more novels and a non-fiction book about life in exile for Somalis. Nuruddin Farah (born 1945) lives in Cape Town and teaches part of the year at Bard University in the United States—now via Zoom, given the uncertain situation for universities and foreigners under Trump, he told us over the phone.
Date Monday 7 July, 2025
Time 20h00 – 21h30
Venue Studio ZAM
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At our ZAM book club evening, Fatumo Farah will share her reading experiences of Nuruddin Farah’s work, Vamba Sherif will discuss Farah’s influence on his own writing, and Wim Bossema will reflect on the interviews and meetings he has had with him since 1990.
In the next half hour, we will exchange views with Nuruddin Farah.
To set the mood, here is a link to a stage interview from the Aké Festival in Lagos, 2018.
Plus a 2013 interview with Kenyan journalist and writer Binyavanga Wainaina, who passed away in 2019.
