SAMAHANI
Samahani means “forgive me” in Swahili, but in the Arab controlled Zanzibar of slavery, cruelty and vengeance, does forgiveness ever stand a chance? Prize-winning Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin follows the epic story of a spoilt Omani princess and her eunuch slave and lover, Sondus. She longs to be free from her despotic father, the sultan, and her philandering husband. He wants to escape his enslavement and return to the African mainland to retrieve his mutilated manhood.With punching irony and cinematic drive, this provocative saga of the Indian Ocean slave trade explores race, class, freedom, history, and sexuality, and brings English-speaking readers a new take on these urgent contemporary issues with dark, ironic humour.
Samahani means “forgive me” in Swahili, but in the Arab controlled Zanzibar of slavery, cruelty and vengeance, does forgiveness ever stand a chance? Prize-winning Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin follows the epic story of a spoilt Omani princess and her eunuch slave and lover, Sondus. She longs to be free from her despotic father, the sultan, and her philandering husband. He wants to escape his enslavement and return to the African mainland to retrieve his mutilated manhood.With punching irony and cinematic drive, this provocative saga of the Indian Ocean slave trade explores race, class, freedom, history, and sexuality, and brings English-speaking readers a new take on these urgent contemporary issues with dark, ironic humour.
Samahani means “forgive me” in Swahili, but in the Arab controlled Zanzibar of slavery, cruelty and vengeance, does forgiveness ever stand a chance? Prize-winning Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin follows the epic story of a spoilt Omani princess and her eunuch slave and lover, Sondus. She longs to be free from her despotic father, the sultan, and her philandering husband. He wants to escape his enslavement and return to the African mainland to retrieve his mutilated manhood.With punching irony and cinematic drive, this provocative saga of the Indian Ocean slave trade explores race, class, freedom, history, and sexuality, and brings English-speaking readers a new take on these urgent contemporary issues with dark, ironic humour.
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Country of Origin: SUDAN
Author: ABDELAZIZ BARAKA SAKIN
Translation: MAYADA IBRAHIM and ADIL BABIKIR