A noted in the Author Q&A at the end of Will Ferguson's novel 419, the fictional character Amina—a young pregnant woman fleeing the Sharia states of northern Nigeria on foot—was based on the real life case of Amina Lawal.
Fort Vermilion was the childhood home of writers - and brothers - Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson.
Ferguson joined the JET Programme in the early 1990s, and lived in Kyushu, Japan for five years teaching English.
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