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Measuring Time

Helon Habila

2007272 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2007
first published
  • 2008Penguin Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9780141918730
  • 2008Penguin Books, Limited · 384 pages · ENGISBN 9780141010076
  • 2007Hamish Hamilton Ltd · 384 pagesISBN 9780241141854
  • 2007W. W. Norton · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780393052510

Twin brothers growing up in the tiny Nigerian village of Keti, where their lives are dominated by their controlling father, Mamo and LaMamo are separated when LaMamo escapes to pursue his dream of becoming a soldier, but when religious zealots incite the people to violence, he returns home to battle the enemy and to be reunited with his brother, now a renowned historian.

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