Mustafa Sa'eed

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Mustafa Sa'eed is the enigmatic, Western-educated Sudanese anti-hero of Tayeb Salih’s novel "Season of Migration to the North," whose life embodies the psychological and cultural collisions between colonial Europe and postcolonial Sudan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-hero
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Season of Migration to the North NERFINISHED
appearsInLanguage Arabic
backstoryLocation Khartoum NERFINISHED
centralTheme cultural conflict between Europe and Sudan
postcolonial identity crisis
psychological effects of colonialism
characterizedAs enigmatic
intellectual
manipulative
tragic
countryOfOrigin Sudan NERFINISHED
createdBy Tayeb Salih NERFINISHED
deathType ambiguous death
diesBy drowning
educatedIn Europe NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
ethnicity Sudanese
fictionalUniverse Season of Migration to the North NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Season of Migration to the North NERFINISHED
gender male
hasChild two sons
hasRelationshipWith unnamed narrator of Season of Migration to the North
hasSpouse Hosna Bint Mahmoud NERFINISHED
language Arabic
English
laterLivesIn Sudanese village on the Nile
literaryMovement postcolonial literature
literaryRole narrative focal point
protagonist
livesIn London NERFINISHED
nationality Sudanese
notableFor murder of his English wife
seducing European women
occupation economist
university lecturer
setInWork Sudan NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
studiedAt University of London NERFINISHED
symbolizes ambivalence toward Western modernity
collision between colonial Europe and postcolonial Sudan
revenge against colonial power
themeAssociated East–West encounter
eroticization of the colonial other
violence and desire
triedIn British court

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