Tells the dramatic story of the 1947-8 strike on the Dakar-Niger railway. By the author of "Black Docker".

God's Bits of Wood.

Ousmane, Sembène

Doubleday Publishing

O Pays, Mon Beau Peuple!

Corcoran, P.

Literature & Fiction

Taylor & Francis Books Ltd

God's Bits of Wood

Heinemann

Text: English, French (translation)

Tribal Scars (African Writers Series ; 142)

Short Stories & Anthologies

The government of an African country is thrown into turmoil when the President mysteriously disappears and a coup attempt begins to seem likely

The Last of the Empire: A Senegalese Novel (African Writers Series) (English and French Edition)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Gods Bits Of Wood (export) AWS B

Set in the 1950s, this book tells of Diaw Falla, a docker for whom work exists merely to finance his true obsession - his writing. As his novel nears completion, he meets Ginette Tontisanne whose good connections ensure he is published - but, to his dismay, under her name.

Black Docker (African Writers Series)

In 1947-48 the workers on the Dakar-Niger railway staged a strike. In this vivid, timeless novel, Sembene Ousmane envinces the color, passion, and tragedy of those formative years in the history of West Africa.

God's Bits Of Wood New Cover

United States

Pearson

Le Docker Noir

Sembène, Ousmane

French & European Pubns

Niiwam / Taaw

David Phillips Publishers

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