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Foday Mannah in conversation with Bashabi Fraser

Bashabi Fraser talks to Foday Mannah about his debut novel The Search for Othella Savage and the importance of centering female characters in his work.
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
'Growing up in Sierra Leone... if you can convince people that I am a proxy to a higher power, that is significant power to yield.'
Foday Mannah

Foday Mannah

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

Bashabi Fraser

Bashabi Fraser

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

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