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Tea With Ms. Tanzania by Fayyaz Vellani is the story of a woman’s struggle to reconcile her estranged son with her revolutionary past. After the death of her husband in London, Gulnar Jaffar writes letters to her 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.

FAYYAZ VELLANI is a British-Canadian writer who has lived in London, New York, and Philadelphia, where he teaches Critical Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. His writing has appeared in The Bookends Review, The F-Word Magazine, and Disability and Society.