And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa

by M.G. Vassanji

Book Overview

From M.G. Vassanji, two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize winner and a Governor General's Literary Award winner for Non-fiction, comes a poignant love letter to his birthplace and homeland, East Africa--a powerful and surprising portrait that only an insider could write.

Part travelogue, part memoir, and part history-rarely-told, here is a powerful and timely portrait of a constantly evolving land. From a description of Zanzibar and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385671458
• ISBN13: 9780385671453
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.1"