The Last Prince of Bengal: A Family’s Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback
In this episode, travel from an Indian palace to the Australian Outback with author and academic Lyn Innes. In her book, The Last Prince of Bengal, Lyn shares the incredible true story of her royal ancestor, Nawab Nazim, and his family’s journey from Indian riches to relative anonymity.
Hosted by Bengal-born poet and writer Bashabi Fraser, this eye-opening conversation spans the extremes of British rule and prejudice, detailing how Lyn’s ancestors navigated key moments in history.
<i>The Last Prince of Bengal: A Family’s Story from and Indian Palace to the Australian Outback</i> by Lyn Innes was first published by The Westbourne Press, an imprint of Saqi Books, 2021.
About the Author
Lyn Innes
Lyn Innes is the great-granddaughter of His Royal Highness, the last Nawab Nizam of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Born and educated in Australia, she moved to North America and developed her interest in cultural nationalism, focusing on Irish, African, African American and Caribbean literatures. She earned a PhD from Cornell University and taught at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she became associate editor of OKIKE: An African Journal of New Writing, founded by Chinua Achebe. Innes co-edited two volumes of African short stories with Achebe. Innes is currently Emeritus Professor of Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
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The Last Prince of Bengal: A Family’s Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback
Lyn Innes
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