Description
In exile from Tanzania, Salim Juma receives a gunny sack from a beloved great-aunt—and when he opens it, he finds more than objects: he finds a living archive of family history. Across four generations, his story unfolds through memory and movement, tracing an extended Asian-African community as it navigates displacement, shifting borders, and the historical forces that shape everyday life in East Africa. With each recollection, cross-cultural encounters and the quiet power of gendered roles come into focus, revealing how identity is preserved, remade, and contested. M.G. Vassanji’s lyrical, detail-rich storytelling turns the act of remembering into a journey—one where personal inheritance and collective history are inseparable.
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paperback
Anchor Canada
Published May 10, 2005
352 pages
ISBN: 9780385660655
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First Published
2005
Language
eng
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