Senegal

Books in this genre are set in or about Senegal.

So Long a Letter
At Night All Blood is Black
La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
God's Bits of Wood
Xala
Ambiguous Adventure
The Beggars' Strike
Scarlet Song
Three Strong Women
Beyond the Door of No Return
De purs hommes
Le Ventre de l'Atlantique
Le Baobab Fou
Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks (African Humanities and the Arts)
Brotherhood
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
73 books — 23 voters
Chasing the Devil by Tim ButcherThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
West Africa
204 books — 89 voters

Mr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseAs You Desire by Connie BrockwayThe Other Guy's Bride by Connie BrockwayA Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna RaybournMr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Historical Romance Set in Africa
55 books — 21 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Persistence of Caste by Anand TeltumbdeUntouchables Castes in India by ShyamlalHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanRepublic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde
Caste Discrimination
95 books — 3 voters



“ In May 1903, Bamba’s insistence on God as his sole master prompted the authorities to post the following “urgent” telegram: “Urgent. Marabout Ahmadou Bamba is making it known that he recognizes no other master but God, and refuses to be summoned for an interview … situation particularly serious. ”
― Michelle R. Kimball, Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba: A Peacemaker for Our Time

Marie NDiaye
“ The beam of light flashed across her own face and she thought, Yes, me, Khady Demba, still happy to utter her name silently and to sense its apt harmony with the precise, satisfying image she had of her own features and of the Khady heart that dwelled within her to which no one but she had access. ”
― Marie NDiaye, Three Strong Women

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