Ousmane Sembène

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Ousmane Sembène (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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Besides his novels, Ousmane Sembène has also written short stories, collected as Voltaïque (1962) after the title of the final piece, which is narrated mainly by a man from the Upper Volta. The English translation, published by Heinemann, appeared in 1974 as Tribal Scars. These stories, regarded by some as Sembène’s best work, explore the same themes found in his novels: the reactionary influences of Islam and polygamy, historical and cultural contexts vis-à-vis Western civilization, cultural displacement, union activities and the...

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