Dec 30, 2009

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

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Author: Ousmane Sembène
First Published: 1960
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: October 10, 1947 to March 19, 1949
Setting: Senegal
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
Subjects: Africa or Africans, Colonies or colonization, 1940’s, Railroads, Strikes or lockouts
Locales: Senegal

Characters Discussed

Ibrahima Bakayoko (ih-brah- HEE-mah bah-kah-YOH-koh), a locomotive engineer on the Dakar-Niger railroad and union delegate in the strike in progress as the novel begins. A man of physical vigor and stamina, he circulates constantly among groups in Bamako, Thiès, Dakar, and the villages. Intelligent, reflective, perceptive, well-read, and multilingual, he understands the situation of his people: their need to retain their African heritage but also to deal with Western industrialized culture. Compassion tempers his strict sense of justice and hard militant...

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

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