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A. H. Mohammed

Postcolonial African Caribbean and Pacific Literature

A. H. Mohammed is a Nigerian medical doctor and ophthalmologist who writes young adult fiction and was previously shortlisted for the Macmillan Write for Africa prize. His novella The Last Days at Forcados High School follows Jimi Solade, the most popular boy at an elite secondary school, through his final year with his friends Nene and Ansa, with a new student, Efua, adding complications. The book treats self-discovery, family, friendship, tolerance, drug abuse, discrimination and loss in the highs and lows of life as a modern Nigerian teenager, and it appeared on Nigeria's required reading list for the UTME and DE matriculation examinations.

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Medical doctor and ophthalmologist AH Mohammed was previously shortlisted for the Macmillan Write for Africa prize and his much loved YA novella ‘The Last Days at Forcados High School’ has been on the UTME/DE required reading
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