Segu
Novel by Maryse Condé
Originally published: May 1, 1984
Author: Maryse Condé
Language: French
Original title: Ségou: les murailles de terre
Pages: 492 pp. (Robert Laffont); 480 pp. (Viking Press)
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It was Condé's third novel. Set in historical Ségou (now part of Mali), it is an African saga that examines the violent impact of the slave trade, Islam, ...
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From the east comes a new religion, Islam, and from the West, the slave trade. Segu follows the life of Dousika Traore, the king's most trusted advisor, and his ...
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The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing, fed by the wealth of its noblemen and the power of its warriors. The people of Segu, the Bambara, ...
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Segu. 9780241293515. 'Maryse Conde is an extraordinary storyteller who brings the history of an African kingdom alive as vividly as if it existed ...
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The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing, fed by the wealth of its noblemen and the power of its warriors. The people of Segu, the Bambara, ...
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Based on actual events, Segu transports the reader to a fascinating time in history, capturing the earthy spirituality, religious fervor, and violent nature of ...
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An awesome feat, Condé's Segu takes readers from Mali to Brazil to Jamaica to London to Benin (to name just a few places) through two generations of the Traore ...
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Based on actual events, Segu transports the reader to a fascinating time in history, capturing the earthy spirituality, religious fervor, and violent nature of ...
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A powerful novel of Africa's history and the men and women who determined its fate. From the East came Islam. From the West, the slave trade.
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