Identity, belonging, home and immigration are themes in Hafsa Zayyan's life and fiction

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English - August 09, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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The Asian expulsion from Uganda with Idi Amin's rise to power in 1972 is the focus of London based author Hafsa Zayyan's debut novel We Are All Birds of Uganda which deals with many themes the author has lived with all her life.

Also, John Byron's crime fiction debut, The Tribute, inspired by the Fabrica, a famous medieval anatomy text, and The Airways, a queer ghost story by Jennifer Mills.