Nadifa Mohamed's Novel is being developed as an Opera!

[Queen Ati]

Set in 1950s Cardiff, it's based on the true story of a mixed-race couple wrenched apart by the unjust framing of Somali sailor for a murder he didn't commit

(Somali: Nadiifa Maxamed) is a Somali-British novelist. She featured on Granta magazine's list "Best of Young British Novelists" in 2013, and in 2014 on the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature

Nadifa Mohamed
Nationality	British, born Somali
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	Novelist
Notable work	Black Mamba Boy 2010 The Orchard of Lost Souls, 2013 The Fortune Men, 2021

 

[Villainess]

Awesome! What is it about? The whole plot

 

[Queen Ati]

Awesome! What is it about? The whole plot

Based on a true story

“Set in 1950s Cardiff, it's based on the true story of a mixed-race couple wrenched apart by the unjust framing of Somali sailor for a murder he didn't commit”

 

[Villainess]

Based on a true story;

I saw that but I meant I wanted to see the whole plot. Here it is

Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. He is a father, chancer, some-time petty thief. He is many things, in fact, but he is not a murderer.

So when a shopkeeper is brutally killed and all eyes fall on him, Mahmood isn't too worried. It is true that he has been getting into trouble more often since his Welsh wife Laura left him. But Mahmood is secure in his innocence in a country where, he thinks, justice is served.

It is only in the run-up to the trial, as the prospect of freedom dwindles, that it will dawn on Mahmood that he is in a terrifying fight for his life - against conspiracy, prejudice and the inhumanity of the state. And, under the shadow of the hangman's noose, he begins to realise that the truth may not be enough to save him.

 

[Queen Ati]

I saw that but I meant I wanted to see the whole plot. Here it is

Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. He is a father, chancer, some-time petty thief. He is many things, in fact, but he is not a murderer.

So when a shopkeeper is brutally killed and all eyes fall on him, Mahmood isn't too worried. It is true that he has been getting into trouble more often since his Welsh wife Laura left him. But Mahmood is secure in his innocence in a country where, he thinks, justice is served.

It is only in the run-up to the trial, as the prospect of freedom dwindles, that it will dawn on Mahmood that he is in a terrifying fight for his life - against conspiracy, prejudice and the inhumanity of the state. And, under the shadow of the hangman's noose, he begins to realise that the truth may not be enough to save him.

Thanks for sharing. This is truly terrifying, I am so proud of Nadifa for bringing these stories to life.