Segu

Author : Maryse Conde
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014025949X
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Segu written by Maryse Conde and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Condé’s story is rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader’s heart.” —Maya Angelou “A wondrous novel” (The New York Times) by the winner of the 2018 New Academy Prize (The Alternative Nobel prize in literature) and author of The Gospel According to the New World The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing, fed by the wealth of its noblemen and the power of its warriors. The people of Segu, the Bambara, are guided by their griots and priests; their lives are ruled by the elements. But even their soothsayers can only hint at the changes to come, for the battle of the soul of Africa has begun. From the east comes a new religion, Islam, and from the West, the slave trade. Segu follows the life of Dousika Traore, the king’s most trusted advisor, and his four sons, whose fates embody the forces tearing at the fabric of the nation. There is Tiekoro, who renounces his people’s religion and embraces Islam; Siga, who defends tradition, but becomes a merchant; Naba, who is kidnapped by slave traders; and Malobali, who becomes a mercenary and halfhearted Christian. Based on actual events, Segu transports the reader to a fascinating time in history, capturing the earthy spirituality, religious fervor, and violent nature of a people and a growing nation trying to cope with jihads, national rivalries, racism, amid the vagaries of commerce.

Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Children of Segu written by Maryse Condé and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : B. Olufunmilayo Oloruntimehin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Segu Tukulor Empire written by B. Olufunmilayo Oloruntimehin and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fabrizio Berloco
Publisher : Associazione Lengu
ISBN 13 : 889403481X
Total Pages : 1142 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Italian Verbs: 900 Fully Conjugated Verbs in All Tenses. With IPA Transcription, 2nd Edition written by Fabrizio Berloco and published by Associazione Lengu. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By far the largest, most authoritative and up-to-date single-volume book on Italian verbs ever written, The Big Book of Italian Verbs: 900 Fully Conjugated Verbs in All Tenses - With IPA, 2nd Edition is the result of many years of research into the morphology and phonetics of Italian verbs. At the time of its publication, it is the only reference on the phonetics of Italian verbs as well as of Italian in general - all conjugation tables of verbs have IPA transcriptions associated with them. Inside you will find: 900 Italian verbs fully conjugated in all tenses and including usage examples IPA transcription given within conjugation tables for each tense An index comprising all the verb forms available in the book, in order to easily find irregular verb forms

Author : Martin A. Klein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521596787
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa written by Martin A. Klein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of slavery during the 19th and 20th centuries in three former French colonies.

Author : Maryse Conde
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307787702
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Mangrove written by Maryse Conde and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully crafted, Rashomon-like novel, Maryse Conde has written a gripping story imbued with all the nuances and traditions of Caribbean culture. Francis Sancher--a handsome outsider, loved by some and reviled by others--is found dead, face down in the mud on a path outside Riviere au Sel, a small village in Guadeloupe. None of the villagers are particularly surprised, since Sancher, a secretive and melancholy man, had often predicted an unnatural death for himself. As the villagers come to pay their respects they each--either in a speech to the mourners, or in an internal monologue--reveal another piece of the mystery behind Sancher's life and death. Like pieces of an elaborate puzzle, their memories interlock to create a rich and intriguing portrait of a man and a community. In the lush and vivid prose for which she has become famous, Conde has constructed a Guadeloupean wake for Francis Sancher. Retaining the full color and vibrance of Conde's homeland, Crossing the Mangrove pays homage to Guadeloupe in both subject and structure.

Author : Tayiru Banbera
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A State of Intrigue written by Tayiru Banbera and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English translation of a traditional history of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Bamana kingdom of Segu, which flourished in an area that was once part of the Mali Empire and which far outlasted its neighbors in resistance to Islam. The story, which is one of Africa's great epic traditions, offers a view of daily life in Bamana Segu. Tayiru Banbera adds to this, providing invaluable information on such diverse topics as military strategy, culinary practices, taxation, law enforcement, and seduction.

Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813927671
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem written by Maryse Condé and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from FrenchThis book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agencY

Author : Maryse Condä
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803287433
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Maryse Condä written by Maryse Condä and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exploration of the life and art of Maryse Condi, who first won international acclaim for Segu, a novel about West African experience and the slave trade. Born in Guadeloupe in 1937, Condi lived in Guinea after it won its independence from France. Later she lived in Ghana and Senegal during turbulent, decisive moments in the histories of these countries. Her writings-novels, plays, essays, stories, and children's books-have led her to an increasingly important role within Africa and throughout the world. Frangoise Pfaff met Maryse Condi in 1981, when she first interviewed her. Their friendship grew quickly. In 1991 the two women continued recording conversations about Condi's geographical sojourns and literary paths, her personality, and her thoughts. Their conversations reveal connections between Condi's vivid art and her eventful, passionate life. In her encounters with historical and literary figures, and in her opinions on politics and culture, Condi appears as an engaging witness to her time. The conversations frequently sparkle with humor; at other moments they are infused with profound seriousness. Maryse Condi is the recipient of the French literary awards Le Grand Prix Littiraire de la Femme and Le Prix de l'Acadimie Frangaise. She currently teaches at Columbia University and her most recent works include Tree of Life and Crossing the Mangrove. Born and educated in Paris, Frangoise Pfaff is a professor of French at Howard University. The translator of this book, she is also the author of Twenty-five Black African Filmmakers: A Critical Study, with Filmography and Bio-Bibliography and The Cinema of Ousmane Sembene, A Pioneer of African Cinema. Entretiens avecMaryse Condi was first published in France in 1993.

Author : Harold Courlander
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870239298
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heart of the Ngoni written by Harold Courlander and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heroic legends decribed here, re-create the events and annals of the kingdom of Segu and of the Bambara tribe that formed a series of important city-states along the Niger River during the 17th century. The deeds of kings, the exploits of warriors, the sorcery of magicians, and battles against invaders are among the subjects addressed. The stories, transmitted orally, were narrated by the djeli, traditional keepers of the history of ruling families of the kingdoms that once flourished in the Western Sudan. They speak of valour, honour, intrigues and rivalries between powerful chiefs; they also include some reactions to the colonial encounters.