The Gunny Sack

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Duration: 3 min 30 s
Description: Salim Juma, a Tanzanian Asian and great grandson of an African slave, is bequeathed a gunny sack by his mystical grand-aunt. It is an ancient sack full of mementos which unravel a gallery of characters. This book was a Commonwealth Writer's Prize winner.
M. G. Vassanji
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