Author: Fayyaz Fellani 

After the death of her husband in London, Gulnar Jaffar writes letters to her estranged son Zain in Glasgow.  These letters describe her life in 1960s Tanzania, from being caught up in a mutiny, to attending a tea party for the first lady.  Pining for Zain’s understanding, Gulnar reveals how the fraught atmosphere of postcolonial East Africa has shaped their mother-son relationship.