Black Mamba Boy (2010), the debut novel of Nadifa Mohamed, is a semi-autobiographical account of her father's life in
Yemen in the 1930s and 1940s, during the colonial period through a character called Jama. It also recounts his trek through
Sudan,
Egypt,
Palestine and the
Mediterranean, before eventually settling in the
United Kingdom. The "Black Mamba" reference in its title is an allusion to the
black mamba snake. According to the author: ==Awards==