The Dark Child

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Penguin Books (South Africa), 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 140 pages
"The Dark Child is a ... memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. Laye marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood. ... More than the autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world."--Back cover.

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About the author (2010)

A native of French Guinea, Camara Laye was still in his twenties and studying engineering in France when he wrote The Dark Child. Long regarded as Africa's pre-eminent Francophone novelist, he died in Senegal in 1980.

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