Silence is My Mother Tongue

Saba arrives in an East African refugee camp as a young girl. In this unfamiliar, crowded and often hostile community, she must carve out a new existence. As she struggles to maintain her sense of self, she remains fiercely protective of her mute brother, Hagos - each sibling resisting the roles gender and society assign.

Summary

Saba arrives in an East African refugee camp as a young girl. In this unfamiliar, crowded and often hostile community, she must carve out a new existence. As she struggles to maintain her sense of self, she remains fiercely protective of her mute brother, Hagos – each sibling resisting the roles gender and society assign.

Product details

• Authors: Sulaiman Addonia, Sulaiman (Writer) Addonia, Addonia Sulaiman
• Publisher: Turnaround
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781911648062
• ISBN: 978-1-911648-06-2
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 206 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, West Africa, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary