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The dark child
The dark child
Author: Laye Camara
The Dark Child is a distinct and graceful memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea. Long regarded Africa's preeminent Francophone novelist, Laye (1928-80) herein marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood, which is marked...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374134723
ISBN-10: 0374134723
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
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An African coming of age story set among the Malinke of people of French Guinea. Fascinating tour of a distant culture.