In conversation

Foday Mannah in conversation with Bashabi Fraser

Bashabi Fraser talks to Foday Mannah about his debut novel The Search for Othella Savage.

15th July, 2026

'A garden pavilion in a forested landscape' by Jules-Edmond Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet. Photo: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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'I'm a dance dad. Right up to COVID, my daughter used to dance. Again, when you think about gender, that was a fascinating job... whenever I'd get there, it'd be me with all these mums.'

Foday Mannah

Foday is from Sierra Leone and lives in Scotland where he works as a teacher.

Bashabi Fraser

Bashabi Fraser CBE is a poet, children’s writer, editor, translator and academic.

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