num_pages: 276
description: Salim Juma, a Tanzanian Asian and great grandson of an African slave, is bequeathed a gunny sack by his mystical grand-aunt. It is an ancient sack full of mementos which unravel a gallery of characters. This book was a Commonwealth Writer's Prize winner.
language: English
title: The Gunny Sack
titlecomplete: The Gunny Sack (African Writers Series)
genres: Tanzania, Kenya, Fiction, Africa, 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Canada
ratings_count: 197
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in Africa
publisher: Heinemann