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Somali Americans celebrate a shared heritage at mealtime. No matter how they found their way to America, members of this community come together over kackac, bur, and halwad.

FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN is narrated by people constantly on the verge of self-revelation

Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Nuruddin Farah is one of Africa's most respected contemporary writers.

75 recipes spanning cherished classics and modern interpretations, finally bringing the soul of Somali cooking to the world stage.

Vivid and suspenseful, as artfully written as the finest novel, A House in the Sky is “a searingly unsentimental account.

Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia.

Hashi Mohamed came to Britain aged nine, a refugee from the Somali civil war.

Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why America still beckons to those looking to make a better life.

Infidel shows the coming of age of this distinguished political superstar and champion of free speech as well as the development of her beliefs, iron will, and extraordinary determination to fight injustice.

Written with complete conviction from a woman's point of view, Nuruddin Farah's spare, shocking first novel savagely attacks the traditional values of his people yet is also a haunting celebration of the unbroken human spirit.

'A novel of tremendous power, compassion and subtlety, it feels unsettlingly timely' Pankaj Mishra