A review by serendipitysbooks
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

 Black Mamba Boy is based on the author’s father’ journey as a young boy in the 1930s and 40s. It provides some interesting insights into the realities of life for a child alone and to some of the impacts of World War II on Africa and its people. Parallels to The Odyssey were obvious.