Author(s): T. C. Bhoyar

Abstract: Nuruddin Farah, a Somali novelist and playwright, is widely regarded as one of the most prominent African contemporary writers whose works explored the themes related to the problems of contemporary society as the themes of identity and displacement and political oppression and corruption are the problems of global world or specially related to those nations who are previously colonised by European powers. These European powers erased or distorted the identities of such colonies by imposing cultural, religious, economic and political discourses upon them. Somalia was the victim of these powers and Farah’s works, as a Somali writer, struggled to create the identity of his nation by exploring the themes of postcolonial political tension, individual as well as communal identity and gender dynamics. In his essay “Why I Write” he stated, “I write to put down on paper, for posterity's sake, the true history of the nation....I write because a theme has chosen me: the theme of Africa's upheaval and societal disorganisation. And I write in order to recover my missing half” (N. F., p. 01).

DOI:10.61165/sk.publisher.script.writing.2024.4

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Nuruddin Farah as a Contemporary Novelist

Pages:17-22