In Malaysia literary circles, Australian-born Omar Musa is a known name through his spoken word performance visits and poetry, but his new book 'Fierceland', with its nod to Sabah, is set to make him a more familiar figure to readers here. Photo: Quinn Ryder
Though born and raised in Queanbeyan, New South Wales – a quiet satellite town near Canberra – author Omar Musa has always carried a sense of Sabah within him.
His father, Musa Masran, of Suluk heritage, grew up in Sim Sim Water Village in Sandakan before moving to Australia, leaving behind a homeland whose rhythms and stories would later flow into Omar’s own sense of identity and imagination.
