Abdulrazak GurnahI began writingout of homesicknessto document my thoughts,experiences of being a refugeein another landmemories of departurethe trauma of displacementkept haunting meI tried my bitto alter English language and literaturecalmly resisting the attempts of the editorsto “make the alien seem alien”writing of the state’s broken promisesthe lasting effects of colonialismthe lost homeland– the paradise of Zanzibaralienation, lonelinessof an immigrant.Chinua AchebeI, the Eagle of Irokogr...