Understanding Nuruddin Farah

Abstract

Fiona Moolla’s book, Reading Nuruddin Farah is a must read for a variety of reasons. First of all, Nuruddin Farah, whose oeuvre spans over 45 years of mostly fiction writing on women’s emancipation, is on of the most inonic literary figures from Africa. He is reputedly a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he certainly deserves, in addition to the many other literary awards he has already won, including the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Although Somali by birth, Farah is the quintessential African, having lived in several African countries in almost all the sub-regions of the continent.