Sunset at Dawn: A Play about Refugees - Softcover

Umar, Mohammed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1912450178 ISBN 13: 9781912450176

Verlag: Salaam Publishing, 2019

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Heartfelt and timely, Sunset at Dawn addresses one of the most urgent issues of our time. A Brechtian drama with explicit political intent, it portrays the antipathy of a community for the strangers in their midst. The characters’ collective views and attitudes on immigration and citizenship are no less shocking for being familiar. As we witness their cynical manipulation by politicians intent on their own ends, we recognise ourselves and the times we live in. An allegory on different levels – political, social and mythic – the play exposes the shallowness of self-justifying stories of nationhood. When things fall apart, we have only ourselves to blame.

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Mohammed Umar was born in Azare in Nigeria's Bauchi State. He studied political science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He then graduated with an M.A. in journalism from Moscow State University (1991) and M.A. in political economy from Middlesex University, UK (1996). 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. He lives in London. His books include Amina, The Illegal Immigrant, The Adventures of Jamil, The Hunter Becomes the Hunted, Sunset at Dawn, The Talking Baobab Tree, Aziba in the Savannah, Samad in the Desert, The Enemies Inside, Hanzala's Birthday Present, The Hunter Becomes the Hunted, The Circle of Life and A Trip to the Zoo.

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• Verlag: Salaam Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1912450178
• ISBN 13: 9781912450176
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 74
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