Sembene Ousmane

God's Bits of Wood

A Senegalese Novel (African Writers Series)

The Last of the Empire

These two novelettes look at the state of modern Africa. Dieng experiences bureaucratic incompetence and deceit in "The Money Order" which leads him to a public act of despair, while in "White Genesis", the decline of a way of life is examined through a tragic tale of incest

Two Novellas

The Money-Order with White Genesis

Ousmane Sembène

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

Sembene Ousmane

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