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God's Bits of Wood

by Ousmane Sembene · 1960

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In 1947-48 the workers on the Dakar-Niger railway staged a strike. In this vivid, timeless novel, Ousmane Sembene envinces the color, passion, and tragedy of those formative years in the history of West Africa.

Genre
historical fictionliterary fiction
Themes
travelcoming of age
Setting
1960safricasenegalwest africacollege
Subject
historypolitics
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 252 pages

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