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God's bits of wood

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  • Author: Sembène, Ousmane
    Date:
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    2008
    Summary:

    In 1947-8 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Sembène Ousmane, in this vivid and moving novel, evinces all of the colour, passion and tragedy of those decisive years in the history of West Africa.

    Genre:
    Historical fiction
    Subject(s): Strikes and lockouts | Railroads | West Africa
    Original Publisher: London, Heinemann Educational Publishers
    Language(s): English