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With echoes of Zora Neale Hurston and Clarice Lispector, Sulaiman
Addonia turns from the broader immigration narrative of land and nations
to look closely at the erotic and intimate lives of asylum seekers.
Set around a foster home in Kilburn and in the squares of Bloomsbury where its protagonist Hannah sleeps, The Seers
chronicles the first weeks of a young Eritrean refugee in London. As
Hannah grapples with her own agency in a strange country, her sexual
encounters become an unapologetic expression of self-a defiant cry
against the endless bureaucracy of immigration.
In a single, gripping, continuous paragraph, The Seers
moves between past and present to paint a surreal and sensual portrait
of a life being burned up in search of refuge. For Hannah, caught
between worlds in the UK asylum system, the West is both saviour and
abuser, seeking always to shape her, but never succeeding in suppressing
her voice.
"A provocative, multi-faceted gem. Full of fierce anti-colonial rage and
subtle artistry, addressing what it means to be a migrant in today's
fractured Britain."-2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize Judges' Citation
Addonia turns from the broader immigration narrative of land and nations
to look closely at the erotic and intimate lives of asylum seekers.
Set around a foster home in Kilburn and in the squares of Bloomsbury where its protagonist Hannah sleeps, The Seers
chronicles the first weeks of a young Eritrean refugee in London. As
Hannah grapples with her own agency in a strange country, her sexual
encounters become an unapologetic expression of self-a defiant cry
against the endless bureaucracy of immigration.
In a single, gripping, continuous paragraph, The Seers
moves between past and present to paint a surreal and sensual portrait
of a life being burned up in search of refuge. For Hannah, caught
between worlds in the UK asylum system, the West is both saviour and
abuser, seeking always to shape her, but never succeeding in suppressing
her voice.
"A provocative, multi-faceted gem. Full of fierce anti-colonial rage and
subtle artistry, addressing what it means to be a migrant in today's
fractured Britain."-2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize Judges' Citation