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Igiaba Scego

Italian writer Igiaba Scego
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Igiaba Scego

Igiaba Scego, born in Rome in 1974 to a family of Somali origin, is a writer and journalist. She is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction....

Her novels Oltre Babilonia (2008), Adua (2015) and La linea del colore (2020) have been translated into English, and her memoir La mia casa è dove sono won Italy’s prestigious Mondello Prize. She is a frequent contributor to the magazine Internazionale and the supplement to La RepubblicaIl Venerdì di Repubblica.

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Articles by Igiaba Scego

An empty playground with a merry go round
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