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Segu: A Novel Paperback - 1998 - 1st Edition
by Conde, Maryse
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- Paperback
Conde depicts the Bambara of 1797, a kingdom in Africa flourishing before thecoming of Islam and slavery. The tale follows the Traore family, a noble clanentrusted by the king. The four Traore sons embody the contemporaneous forcestearing at the very fabric of the nation.
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Details
- Title Segu: A Novel
- Author Conde, Maryse
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-09-03
- Bookseller's Inventory # 014025949X_used
- ISBN 9780140259490 / 014025949X
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.1 x 0.97 in (19.66 x 12.95 x 2.46 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: French
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Bambara (African people), Segou (Mali: Region) - History
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
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.
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- Publishers Weekly, 07/22/1996, Page 0