Nuruddin Farah
Gifts

To

Monique Lortie,

Axmed Sr., and

Abdulqadir, my eldest brother, and his family

and in memory of

My mother, and

Angela Carter

With warmest love.

~ ~ ~

In writing this novel I have incurred many debts, the most important of which is owed to Marcel Mauss, author of The Gift, translated into English by I. Cunison. I am also indebted to many friends, including Paul Doornbos, Professor Mohamed Omar Beshir of Khartoum University, and Dr. Mechthild Reh: to whom my thanks.

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