Books set in Senegal (26)


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11.

La Mas Recondita Memoria de Los Hombres by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr ES

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
Description:
1938: African writer T. C Elimane, known as the black Rimbaud, publishes a novel entitled The Labyrinth of the Inhuman. Controversy breaks out, he is accused of plagiarism, the author disappears and his work becomes a cursed book. 2018: the young African writer residing in Paris Diégane Latyr Faye discovers the lost novel and decides to investigate the missing author. With the help of an enigmatic woman and a group of young African writers, the protagonist embarks on a journey in search of a myth and perhaps also of himself. The clues take him to the Buenos Aires of Sur magazine, Gombrowicz an... continue

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La porte du voyage sans retour by David Diop FR

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Country: Europe / France flag France
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"La porte du voyage sans retour" est le surnom donné à l'île de Gorée, d'où sont partis des millions d'Africains au temps de la traite des Noirs. C'est dans ce qui est en 1750 une concession française qu'un jeune homme débarque, venu au Sénégal pour étudier la flore locale. Botaniste, il caresse le rêve d'établir une encyclopédie universelle du vivant, en un siècle où l'heure est aux Lumières. Lorsqu'il a vent de l'histoire d'une jeune Africaine promise à l'esclavage et qui serait parvenue à s'évader, trouvant refuge quelque part aux confins de la terre sénégalaise, son voyage et son destin ba... continue

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La puerta del viaje sin retorno by David Diop ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Un europeo ilustrado del siglo XVIII en África: un viaje a las profundidades del alma humana. En 1749 el botánico francés Michel Adanson desembarca en Senegal para estudiar la flora como parte de sus investigaciones para elaborar una gran enciclopedia. Permanecerá allí hasta 1753, año en que regresa a Europa. Hasta aquí los hechos estrictamente históricos. A partir de ahí, el novelista David Diop imagina la existencia de unos diarios secretos escritos por el naturalista durante su transformadora estancia africana; un dietario que, tras su fallecimiento, acabará en manos de su hija Aglaé. ¿Qué ... continue


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Mi carta más larga by Mariama Ba ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
Description:
Mi carta más larga está considerada como una de las novelas más importantes de la literatura africana, por cómo su autora, Mariama Bâ, aborda la situación de las mujeres de Senegal. Durante su encierro tradicional a raíz de su viudez, Ramatoulaye escribe a Aïssatou, su mejor amiga que vive fuera del país. Esta carta es una reflexión de cómo ha sido la vida de la protagonista, su visión personal sobre los matrimonios forzados, la injusticia social que viven las mujeres y el sentimiento de desamor y engaño... continue

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Ramata by Abasse Ndione ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
Description:
Ramata, la bella esposa del todopoderoso ministro de Justicia de Senegal, acude al hospital Le Dantec, en Dakar, donde, tras una serie de incidentes, acaba provocando la muerte del portero de la Maternidad, Ngor Ndong. La corrupción policial y política pr

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Riwan oder der Sandweg by Ken Bugul DE

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Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
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Als Ken Bugul ernüchtert aus Europa in ihr Dorf zurückkehrt, ist sie zu einer Außenseiterin geworden. Sie ist die Gescheiterte, die mit leeren Händen nach Hause gekommen ist - ohne Geld, ohne Mann, ohne zu wissen, wie es weitergehen soll. Erneut macht sie sich auf die Suche. Fasziniert von Sanftmut und Toleranz des großen Serigne, zieht sie an seinen Hof und wird zu seiner achtundzwanzigsten Ehefrau. Dieser Roman erzählt mutig über afrikanische Traditionen und Polygamie, Verführung und Selbstbestimmung. Riwan oder der Sandweg wurde zu einem der h... continue

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Scarlet Song by Mariama Bâ EN

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Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
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"Cultural differences between the families of Mireille, daughter of a French diplomat, and Ousmane, son of a poor Muslim family in Senegal, threatens to destroy their marriage."--Amazon.com viewed Dec. 12, 2022.

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So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba EN

Rating: 5 (14 votes)
Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
Description:
Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Ba and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences - some wistful, some bitter - recounted by recently widowed Senegalese school teacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye's emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive tes... continue

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The Gambia-Senegal Border : Issues in Regional Integration by Mariama Khan EN

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Country: Africa / Gambia flag Gambia
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This book interrogates the validity of longstanding claims that Gambians and Senegalese are "one" people in two countries and explores how that claim intersects with the politics and development needs of the two countries. Half a century after independence, proponents of Senegambian unification continue to campaign on the basis of the long standing social, cultural and religious ties between Africa's smallest country, The Gambia, and Senegal, the much larger country which almost entirely encircles it. The border between the two former British and French colonies remains one of the starkest exa... continue