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13%OFFKadija Sesay - Irki - 9781845232085 - V9781845232085
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Irki

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Description for Irki Paperback.

The poems in Irki rise out of Kadija Sesay's experiences – amusing, loving, confusing, sad – of growing up in foster care in the UK after leaving her home country of Sierra Leone.

'Irki' means 'homeland' in the Nubian language, a language and history fast becoming extinct, but the poems conjure up images of home as an imagined, remembered, still physical place. Writing as a second-generation West African, Kadija also recounts her arrival to the UK (with parents of different religions), and her experience of growing up Black against the racially divided background of Britain in the 1960s, 70s ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
Number of Pages
90
Place of Publication
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845232085
SKU
V9781845232085
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99-50

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