Service95 Recommends Last Of The Dictionary Men by Youssef Nabil. Discover the history of British Yemenis through 14 surviving first-generation immigrants and their community of South Sheilds. Explore Last Of The Dictionary Men and other reviews with Service95 Recommends.
What We Say: Based on an exhibition that opened at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in 2008, the book traces the history of the first British-Yemeni community through the stories of 14 surviving seamen from the first generation who arrived in the North of England during the 1890s, known as the Dictionary Men.
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