Season of Migration to the North w/ JJ Bola

JJ Bola joins us this week to discuss Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North, a book that has captivated him, and led to multiple re-reads over the last decade since he discovered it.

Together, we explore the novel’s dual narrative as it follows an unnamed narrator and Mustafa Sa’eed, two Sudanese men whose brushes with the West and colonial education result in a fraught exploration of displacement and otherness.

We discuss:

✨ Migration as both physical and psychological displacement

✨ The ongoing effects of colonialism on contemporary society

✨ The complexities of belonging and returning

✨ How literature can help us navigate questions of identity and agency

Featured Book: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

Guest: JJ Bola

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