Diversity & Inclusion

SPH Reads: The Fortune Men

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Sep 9, 2022

1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

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The Fortune Men book cover, a Novel by Nadifa Mohamed

“SPH Reads” is a community wide reading program hosted annually by the BUSPH Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ). It aims to encourage critical thought and discussion centered on a carefully chosen, thought-provoking book. The Fall 2022 selection is “The Fortune Men” by Nadifa Mohamed. Nadifa Mohamed is an award-winning Somali-British novelist. The Fortune Men, her third novel, is based on the true story of Mahmood Mattan, a petty criminal in Cardiff, Wales, wrongfully convicted of murder in 1952. The book was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize in 2021.

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Speakers

Nadifa Mohamed

Nadifa Mohamed

@thesailorsgirl

Author, The Fortune Men

MODERATOR

Yvette Cozier

@YYandtd

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Boston University School of Public Health

Resources

Associate Dean Yvette Cozier talks about this year’s SPH Reads selection, “The Fortune Men,” by Nadifa Mohamed, with PHP fellows Connor McCombs and Bethany Hallenborg. Cozier explains how the book’s themes of immigration, incarceration and injustice are as relevant in the U.S. today as they were in 1950s Wales.