Dec 26, 2009

God’s Bits of Wood | God’s Bits of Wood

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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God’s Bits of Wood | God’s Bits of Wood

At a glance:

The Novel

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