NMLP P-045584 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih · Dar al-Awda, Beirut (Arabic book first, after serialization in the journal Hiwar); first English Heinemann, London, 1969 · 1966

Arabic original: journal Hiwar, Beirut, 1966, then Dar al-Awda, Beirut, 1966. First English: Heinemann, London (African Writers Series 66), 1969 (Johnson-Davies) — UK only, with no simultaneous US edition. Later American printings (Three Continents/Lynne Rienner, 1980s; NYRB Classics, 2009) are reprints, so the London Heinemann 1969 is the true first in English.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045584 for "Season of Migration to the North" by Tayeb Salih (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045584, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).