We Are All Birds of Uganda

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We Are All Birds of Uganda” by Hafsa Zayyan is a wonderful novel, rich in historical and cultural detail and human emotion.

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Moving between two continents and several generations over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is a multi-layered, moving and immensely resonant novel of love, loss, and what it means to find home. Selection panel review Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8cm (3.1in) to 1m (3.3ft) in length. Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found in the New World. This a debut novel and what a debut it was! A novel set in two timelines. Modern day London sees Sameer, a young lawyer, looking forward to a new stage in his career. Entirely coincidentally, I read this book immediately after reading The Yield. Both books are multi-generational stories that deal with colonisation (Australia in The Yield, Uganda in this), racial tensions, and belonging. Also, both books use letters as a device for reviewing the historical aspect of their story (one long, serialised letter in The Yield, multiple letters over a prolonged period in this).Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8cm (3.1in) to 1m (3.3ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand. I always find these stories of displacement difficult to read, they elicit so many emotions, but this is a wonderful and deeply moving novel, and first time author Hafsa Zayyan should be justifiably proud of it. The penduline-tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits. They are insectivores. The combined storylines have a certain symmetry because now grandson and grandfather have crossed countries and must adapt to unfamiliar cultural circumstances.Their journeys make a statement about the impact of displacement and the search for a sense of belonging.Their stories bring into focus the question of when people of a diaspora can feel that they truly belong in their host country.How does a transposed culture balance their beliefs with those of their host nation? Additionally, the scope of the novel presents a very nuanced examination of the differing sides of racism.The perspectives of both the privileged and the oppressed are presented. It becomes apparent that these roles can be reversed depending on location and historical circumstance. It’s such a privilege and an honour to be selected by the BBC and Reading Agency for the Radio 2 Book Club – I can’t thank the panel of readers enough. Like many authors, I grew up with my head in a book, exploring the world from the comfort of my bed through the lens of words. It was after I read Matilda that I aspired to do like her and get through every book in the children’s section of my local library – and then some more! We Are All Birds of Uganda is my debut novel and it is surreal, slightly terrifying and just incredible to imagine others reaching for it in a library – like the books that transported me to other worlds and immersed me deep in their stories, I hope that readers of my book can find some resonance and empathy in the world I have created.” Get involved

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What an amazing book. Sensitively written, it covers so many issues. Family, religion, racism, bullying, loyalty. Eloquent writing made me feel completely part of the story ... An absolute gem of a book.' Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. The following tags highlight several categories of occurrence other than regular migrants and residents. Overall though, this was a really brilliant debut. It starts of a little slowly, but once Sameer gets to Uganda the narrative is entirely absorbing and I was swept away into the narrative. For those who are fans of multi-generational historical fiction I think this one will be a firm winner! Thanks to Tandem and the publishers for the review copy.You can tell Zayyan is an academic, and lawyer. The list of resources, journals, and further reading is the most exhaustive I have ever seen in index to a commercial novel! Only one member of this small family is found in Africa, and its range is limited to Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It feeds mostly on fruits.

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It is the first work of fiction by Hafsa Zayyan, co-winner of the inaugural #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, and one of the most exciting young novelists of today. About This Edition ISBN: The first part of We Are All Birds of Uganda is a somewhat familiar tale of conflict between desire for independence and the burden of responsibility to one’s family. It’s when we get deeper into the Ugandan experience — via Hasan’s letters and then Sameer’s visit — that the book takes off. Those letters are at times a bit of an info dump but they also contain the emotional heart of the novel. Here is a man who is grieving for his dead wife and for his country, feeling displaced and dejected and yearning for nothing but to be reunited with them both.I) Introduced - a species introduced to Uganda as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions