The Story Archive

Monday Morning

Segun Afolabi · 2004 CE · Short Story · Nigerian · Contemporary

A refugee family has landed in a London hostel and faces a new city, a school and the day's first demands. The story keeps close to what the newcomers notice and fear. First printed in Wasafiri in 2004, it won the Caine Prize the next year.

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Attributes

Genre
Psychological
Theme
Exile & HomecomingIsolation & AlienationSurvivalIdentity & Self
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
WandererEveryman
Form
Single DayIceberg / Ellipsis
Symbol / motif
The City
Conflict
vs Society
Mode / tone
Realist
Culture / tradition
Nigerian

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