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The mayor of Mogadishu - A story of chaos and redemption in the ruins of Somalia (Paperback)
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The mayor of Mogadishu - A story of chaos and redemption in the ruins of Somalia (Paperback)
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An epic, uplifting story of one family’s journey through the
violent unravelling of Somalia, and a timely exploration of what it
means to lose your country and then to reclaim it. In The Mayor of
Mogadishu, Andrew Harding, one of the BBC’s most experienced
foreign correspondents, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamud
“Tarzan” Nur—an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state
orphanage in newly independent Somalia and became a street brawler
and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and
anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus,
eventually spending twenty years in north London. In 2010 Tarzan
returned, as mayor, to the unrecognizable ruins of a city now
almost entirely controlled by the Islamist militants of Al Shabab.
For some in Mogadishu, he was a divisive thug who sank beneath the
corruption and clan rivalries that continue to threaten the
country’s revival. But for others, both locally and in the
diaspora, Tarzan became a galvanizing symbol of courage and hope
for Somalia. The Mayor of Mogadishu is a rare an insider’s account
of Somalia’s unravelling and an intimate portrayal of one family’s
extraordinary journey.
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