The Illegal Immigrant by Mohammed Umar

The Illegal Immigrant by Mohammed Umar

Who is Mustapha? A respected Nigerian journalist and an aspiring filmmaker or an illegal immigrant wanted by the Home Office? Is he even Mustapha, or is he Michael, Kimani, or any one of the other identities he takes on to survive? This is not just Mustapha's story. It is a social saga with a glittering array of memorable characters embodying the ethnic and cultural diversity of London. Samuel Selvon's Lonely Londoners gave us the city from the perspective of Caribbean immigrants who arrived in the 1950s. Mohammed Umar's The Illegal Immigrant not only gives us the African experience of the 1990s, but reveals a society knitted together from a tapestry of multiple brightly coloured strands: Africans from different parts of the continent, West Indians from different Caribbean islands, sub-continental Indians, Europeans, Iranians and many others. What they have in common is their quest for 'another world, a new chapter, a new dawn and a new dream.' The journey of self-discovery and self-creation on which we accompany Mustapha dramatises the idea that identity is endlessly open to negotiation and change. This process can at times be simultaneously painful and liberating.

Umar, Mohammed: - Mohammed Umar was born in Azare in Nigeria's Bauchi State. He studied journalism in Moscow (1991) and political economy in London (1995). Mohammed Umar served as a judge for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2009 and he was the winner of the Muslim News Award for Excellence in Arts in 2010. His first novel Amina has been translated into over thirty languages. He lives in London. ALSO BY MOHAMMED UMAR Sunset at Dawn The Enemies Inside The Greedy Monkey Samad in the Desert Samad in the Forest The Illegal Immigrant The Adventures of Jamil The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

SKU	GOR009886180
ISBN 13	9780957208452
ISBN 10	0957208456
Title	The Illegal Immigrant
Author	Mohammed Umar
Condition	Very Good
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Salaam Publishing
Year published	2017-08-08
Number of pages	412
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