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Axtell, Kansas : 1911

sheet number: 2

Ælfric, Abbot of Eynsham, A Testimonie of antiquitie, London: John Day, [1566?]. The second edition.

At least two printed states prior to the first edition reveal how the work was produced. As the sheets were printed, they were carefully compared to the manuscripts, which had been marked up to make proofreading as easy as possible. The states prior…

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Baba's shoes

This work addresses my Arab identity reconstructed in my fathers image. His work shoes that he labors in, are tied down on a block of cement with rebar, a material I use to represent my (or our) Arab identity. Inspired by repeating moments in my…

Babu alipofufuka [Grandpa’s resurrection]

This novel deals with the question of African identity in a rapidly changing world. Babu, the grandfather, who is both dead and alive, tries to point the way by transporting the main character into the past, yet pointing him to the future.

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Tags: Alipofufuka, Babu, fiction, Mohamed, Said, Swahili, Swahilifiction