God’s Bits of Wood (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ousmane Sembène
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Social criticism
- Time of Work: 1947-1948
- Setting: Senegal
- Principal Characters: Ramatoulaye, Beaugosse, Bakayoko, N’Deye Touti, Monsieur Dejean
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Colonies or colonization, 1940’s, Railroads, Strikes or lockouts
- Locales: Senegal
The Novel
Based on the events surrounding an actual strike by African railway workers, God’s Bits of Wood presents a dramatic fictionalized account of the way in which the strike in 1947 and 1948 must have affected the lives of the African union leaders, workers, and their families, as well as the French managers of the railroad. The novel, set along the Dakar-Niger railway line in Senegal (at that time a French colony), employs a large cast of characters, moves from city to village to countryside, and develops a variety of situations. The central conflict,...
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