Aminatta Forna, OBE, is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her first book was a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's...

The Hired Man (2013) is a novel by Scottish-Sierra Leonean writer Aminatta Forna about an Englishwoman, Laura, and her two children who renovate a farmhouse...

Quest is a 2002 book by Aminatta Forna about her childhood and an investigation into the execution of her father, Mohamed Forna. It was serialised as a...

The Memory of Love is a 2010 novel by Aminatta Forna about the experiences of three men in Sierra Leone. In 2022, it was included on the "Big Jubilee Read"...

Mengiste (Ethiopia), Sooni Taraporevala (India), Maria Arana (Peru), Aminatta Forna (Sierra Leone), Zarghuna Kargar (Afghanistan). The girls' names are...

on his past after he has a stroke. The novel received mixed reviews. Aminatta Forna, writing for the Financial Times, described it as "majestic in scale"...

the crime and film syndicates of Mumbai. Writing for The Guardian, Aminatta Forna said: "Rushdie puts his finger on the nationwide identity crisis in...

Ancestor Stones (2006) is a novel by British writer Aminatta Forna about the experiences of four women in a polygamous family in West Africa. Uzodinma...

past decade". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 7 June 2009. Forna, Aminatta (11 June 2005). "Stranger than fiction". The Guardian. London. Retrieved...

Romesh Gunesekera, Ziauddin Sardar, Osman Samiuddin, Mushtaq Soofi, and Aminatta Forna. LLF hold annual ticketed editions in New York City with Asia Society...

Scotland. This represented 0.13% of the total population of Scotland. Aminatta Forna (writer) Kayus Bankole (member of Mercury Prize winners Young Fathers)...

Busby-Edited Anthology to Feature 200 Female Writers Including Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Bernardine Evaristo, Imbolo Mbue, Warsan Shire, Zadie Smith", Brittle...

Andrew Roberts, Fiammetta Rocco, Rosie Boycott. The 2004 judges were Aminatta Forna, Martha Kearney, Simon Singh, Francis Wheen, Michael Wood. The 2005...

Review from TimesOnline Jess Row, "African/American", The New York Times, 27 August 2009 Aminatta Forna, "Endurance tests", The Guardian, 16 May 2009...

James Dempsey, politician Henry Dyer, engineer Sheena Easton, vocalist Aminatta Forna, (OBE), award-winning writer of novels, memoir, and essays Catherine...

people's power to resist. Perhaps that in itself is a triumph." For Aminatta Forna, writing in The Washington Post: "Wizard of the Crow is first and foremost...

scholar and writer Carrie Etter, poet Nathan Filer, novelist and poet Aminatta Forna, novelist Jeremy Gardiner, modern British landscape painter Maggie Gee...

Anne Fine 2003 Tibor Fischer 2003 Leontia Flynn 2022 Richard Ford 2012 Aminatta Forna 2012 Richard Fortey 2009 Roy Foster 1992 Adam Foulds 2009 Gavin Francis...

The 2013 prize was judged by Christopher Ricks (Chair), Elif Batuman, Aminatta Forna, Yiyun Li and Tim Parks. The nominees for the fifth Man Booker International...

the original on 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-06. "Prize Citation for Aminatta Forna". Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes. Archived from the original on...

historian Charlie Haffner, included interviews with Dame Judi Dench, Aminatta Forna and David Sengeh. Africell is the predominant mobile network provider...

Agnès Agboton, Aida Edemariam, Aja Monet, Akosua Busia, Ama Biney, Aminatta Forna, Amma Asante, Anaïs Duplan, Andaiye, Andrea Levy, Andrea Stuart, Angela...

artist as a young African" (review), The Independent, 4 July 2008. Aminatta Forna, "Review: The Jive Talker by Samson Kambalu", The Telegraph, 10 August...

including David Lansana, former cabinet minister Mohamed Sorie Forna (father of writer Aminatta Forna), Brigadier General Ibrahim Bash Taqi and Lieutenant Habib...

writer Ireland 2023 Tyler Ford Writer and activist United States 2023 Aminatta Forna Writer United Kingdom 2015 Zack Fox Comedian United States 2023 Rozanne...

Shanghai in pursuit of financial opportunities. Writing for The Guardian, Aminatta Forna wrote... Even where the narrative takes a dramatic turn, it is delivered...

Roy, Walter Mosley, Terry McMillan, Amy Tan, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Aminatta Forna, Nadeem Aslam, Romesh Gunesekera, Junot Diaz and Edward Said (the latter...

Morris Shortlist Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad Shortlist Aminatta Forna The Memory of Love Shortlist Karl Marlantes Matterhorn Shortlist Tim...

The Book of Night Women Marlon James 2009  Jamaica The Memory of Love Aminatta Forna 2010  Sierra Leone  Scotland Chinaman Shehan Karunatilaka 2010  Sri...

Forman (1552–1611, England, nf) Juan Forn (1959–2021, Argentina, f/nf) Aminatta Forna (born 1964, Scotland/Sierra Leone, f/nf) Xavier Forneret (1809–1884...