Ebook {Epub PDF} Nairobi Days by Shelina Shariff-Zia

 · Professor Shelina Shariff-Zia is a storyteller. Although the account of her coming of age as part of the India to Africa diaspora—her family migrated from India to Kenya in the 18thcentury–is told in the style of a first-person novel, in Nairobi Days(first published in by Dog Ear Publishing) she skillfully weaves a tapestry of true stories, anecdotes, snippets of dialogue, and remembrance of . The saga follows Shaza’s life from the ’s to the ’s showing the political upheavals in Kenya and her move to the United States. Nairobi Days is a coming of age story, a love story, a political novel and above all a celebration of life.5/5(1). I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Shelina Shariff-Zia’s book “Nairobi Days”. This is the best novel I have read (and I have read many, many) about the ways and nuances of South Asian life in East Africa/5(12).

Professor Shelina Shariff-Zia is a storyteller. Although the account of her coming of age as part of the India to Africa diaspora—her family migrated from India to Kenya in the 18 th century-is told in the style of a first-person novel, in Nairobi Days (first published in by Dog Ear Publishing) she skillfully weaves a tapestry of true stories, anecdotes, snippets of dialogue, and. Shelina Shariff-Zia. Publisher. Bublish, Inc. Release. 26 November Share. Subjects Fiction Literature Historical Fiction. Nairobi Days is a coming of age story, a love story, a political novel and above all a celebration of bltadwin.ru more. Format. ebook. Author. Shelina Shariff-Zia. The saga follows Shaza's life from the 's to the 's showing the political upheavals in Kenya and her move to the United States. Nairobi Days is a coming of age story, a love story, a political novel and above all a celebration of life.

The saga follows Shaza’s life from the ’s to the ’s showing the political upheavals in Kenya and her move to the United States. Nairobi Days is a coming of age story, a love story, a political novel and above all a celebration of life. They live in difficult times in a turbulent African country; Shaza’s cousin is almost killed by thugs and Kenya has a coup d’état where the Indian minority is targeted. The saga follows Shaza’s life from the ’s to the ’s showing the political upheavals in Kenya and her move to the United States. Nairobi Days is a coming. Nairobi Days, This diaspora novel is a celebration of Indian and African culture seen through the eyes of a young woman As a member of an Indian minority in a small African country, Shaza s life is complicated She lives in a lively house full of relatives Later, she meets Idi Amin, the bloodthirsty Ugandan dictator and has a narrow escape Shaza goes to a convent school Despite theThis diaspora.