Season of Crimson Blossoms, by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim American

Season of Crimson Blossoms, by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim American"A rich and vibrant novel with shades of brutality, romance and the pressures of a close knit community. " Leila Aboulela, author of The Kindness of Enemies "A powerful and compelling debut. The taboo subject of an older woman's sexuality, portrayed with courage, skill and delicacy, is explored in the context of the criminal underworld and the corrupt politics that exploits it. This is a novel to be savoured. " Zoe Wicomb, author of October Season of

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Interspersed with this are stories of people he encounters in the airport

as well as the boy's spirit-companions

through the titular holiday weekend as he visits his ex-wife

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in the heart of rural Botswana

He was a friend and ally of key political figures of his time: Sol Plaatje

Wilson bases her analysis on a wide range of case studies drawn both from Britain and across the Atlantic and Pacific worlds

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Though his position at the university has been reduced

United by the ideals of freedom and equality