In this fourth interview for BBCTwo and shown during the 2020 Booker Prize winner ceremony, MaazaMengiste discusses what she wanted to achieve with her #2020BookerPrize shortlisted novel, The Shadow King: ‘I wanted to write about women in war… I wanted to write history from the perspective of those voices that are often ignored, even within their own communities because they’re too poor or they’re not from the right family.’ canongatebooks #FinestFiction #TheBookerPrizes #MaazaMengiste #TheShadowKing #bookstagram #instabooks #amreading #igreads #author #fiction