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| Author | Ismith Khan |
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| Publisher | MacGibbon & Kee, Ivan Obolensky, George J. McLeod |
Publication date | 1961 |
The Jumbie Bird is the first novel by Trinidad and Tobago-born novelist Ismith Khan. Published in 1961, the semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of the Khan family, an Indo-Trinidadian Muslim family living in Port of Spain. The novel explores the transformation of formerly indentured Indian immigrants in Trinidad and Tobago into Indo-Trinidadians.