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The Dark Child (L'Enfant noir)

Camara Laye
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Region

West Africa

Guinea

Era

Post-colonial

Language

French

Genre

Autobiography

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An autobiographical novel of the author's youth in Kouroussa, French Guinea, depicting traditional Malinke society and the conflict between tradition and modernity.

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Winner of Prix Charles Veillon; first work to convey in French to European readers the experience of growing up in Malinke society

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An autobiographical novel of the author's youth in Kouroussa, French Guinea, depicting traditional Malinke society and the conflict between tradition and modernity. Winner of Prix Charles Veillon; first work to convey in French to European readers the experience of growing up in Malinke society

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