Fatma Alloo

Yes, he was introduced to me not as a person but as the writer of ‘The Wretched of the Earth’, published by Penguin Books in 1961. It was 1976 at the University of Dar es Salaam when I was young and green about the world and its movements for change.

Gijsbert Oonk, the author, starts the book with an insert of a family tree. This becomes a very necessary tool for readers as we weave through the journey of the prominent Karimjee Jeevanji family on the east coast of Africa.