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2002 Nominated

Return to Paradise

Yusuf K Dawood

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

The story begins in Uganda precisely on Friday the 4th August 1972 when Idi Amin announced his decision to expel all Asians from his country. It then traces the fortunes of a refugee family in their country of adoption, England, and on to the holy precincts of Mecca and the mysteries of the Hajj, mixing recent history and vivid imagination.

yusuf k dawood

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Yusuf
K Dawood

Yusuf K. Dawood was born in Bantwa, India on September 13, 1928 and passed away in 2023.

He is best known in Kenya for his true life stories published in The Sunday Nation over 20 years, as well as for his novels.

Yusuf K. Dawood was born in Bantwa, India on September 13, 1928 and passed away in 2023.

He is best known in Kenya for his true life stories published in The Sunday Nation over 20 years, as well as for his novels.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
India, Kenya
Original Language
English
Author
Yusuf K Dawood
Publisher
East African Educational Publishers
Nominating Library
Kenya National Library Service - Kenya

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