On her thirteenth birthday, Mariama leans against her favourite baobab tree and daydreams, thrilled that the time has finally come for her Sande ceremony, when she will officially pass into womanhood. But then, rough hands tear her from...
West Africa
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Author:Sam, Eleanor P.Summary: -
Author:Harms, RobertSummary:Draws on the private journal of First Lieutenant Robert Durand and a variety of archival material to describe the voyage of the French slave ship, "The Diligent," and its role within the context of the slave trade as a whole.
- Author:Paul, MirandaSummary:
The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed' In Njau...
- Author:Sembène, OusmaneSummary:
Ce roman, qui se déroule du Sénégal au Soudan (le Mali d'aujourd'hui), s'inspire de faits réels: la grève des cheminots du "Dakar-Niger", ces ouvriers noirs qui, entre eux, s'appellent les "Bouts de...
- Author:Sembène, OusmaneSummary:
In 1947-8 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Sembène Ousmane, in this vivid and moving novel, evinces all of the colour, passion and tragedy of those decisive years in the history of West Africa.
