West Africa
Senegal
Post-colonial
French
Fiction
Samba Diallo, a young Senegalese man of the Diallobé people, is sent to French colonial schools, then Paris, where he loses his spiritual center. A profound meditation on colonialism and identity.
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One of the masterworks of francophone African literature; Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire
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editorial-summarynot primary textSamba Diallo, a young Senegalese man of the Diallobé people, is sent to French colonial schools, then Paris, where he loses his spiritual center. A profound meditation on colonialism and identity. One of the masterworks of francophone African literature; Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire
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