A Life Elsewhere

by Segun Afolabi

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A collection of 17 short stories from the winner of the 2005 Caine Prize for African writing, this title includes tales of Diaspora, of people making their lives in new lands, some for the first time, others in the second or third generations.

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A collection of 17 short stories from the winner of the 2005 Caine Prize for African writing, this title includes tales of Diaspora, of people making their lives in new lands, some for the first time, others in the second or third generations.

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