Segu: A NovelViking, 1987 - 499 pages A powerful novel of Africa's history and the men and women who determined its fate. From the East came Islam. From the West, the slave trade. The battle for Africa's soul had begun... "A wondrous novel about a period of African history few other writers have addressed... Much of the novel's radiance comes from the lush descriptions of a traditional life that is both exotic and violent." -THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Segu is an overwhelming accomplishment. It injects into the density of history characters who are as alive as you and I. Passionate, lusty, greedy, they are in conflict with themselves as well as with God and Mammon. Maryse Conde has done us all a tremendous service by rendering history so compelling and exciting. Segu is a literary masterpiece I could not put down." -LOUISE MERIWETHER |
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Page 150
... Nadie hid in a corner of the yard , but as she always stubbornly re- placed them he eventually stopped objecting . Even after all these years of living together , Tiekoro had still not solved the problem of Nadie's status . She was ...
... Nadie hid in a corner of the yard , but as she always stubbornly re- placed them he eventually stopped objecting . Even after all these years of living together , Tiekoro had still not solved the problem of Nadie's status . She was ...
Page 151
... Nadie kept asking her- self . Tiekoro thought he was protected by his conversion to Islam , but Nadie didn't believe it : whether he remained a fetishist or not , a Bambara was always a Bambara in the eyes of those who resented Segu's ...
... Nadie kept asking her- self . Tiekoro thought he was protected by his conversion to Islam , but Nadie didn't believe it : whether he remained a fetishist or not , a Bambara was always a Bambara in the eyes of those who resented Segu's ...
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... Nadie managed to stand up , hoist Awa Nya onto her back , and walk to Tiekoro's hut . All sounds had suddenly died out , and she had the strange impression that she was walking in broad daylight but in the silence of night . She went in ...
... Nadie managed to stand up , hoist Awa Nya onto her back , and walk to Tiekoro's hut . All sounds had suddenly died out , and she had the strange impression that she was walking in broad daylight but in the silence of night . She went in ...
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Abomey Agoudas Alfa Allah Amadou ancestors arms Ashanti asked Ayisha Ayodele back to Segu Bambara Birame blood body Boubou brother Chacha Cheikou Hamadou child compound courtyard cowries dark death Diarra Diemogo Dousika El-Hadj Baba El-Hadj Omar Eucaristus eyes face father Fatima fetish priests Fulani girl gods Gorée griots Guedou Guezo Hamdallay hand hated head heard horse Islam Jenne Joliba Kaarta king knew Kodjoe kola nuts Koumare laughed lived looked Macina Malobali Mansa marabout Maryem master millet Monzon mosque mother Muhammad Mulay Muslim Naba Naba's Nadie never night Olubunmi Osei Bonsu Ouidah palace river Romana Samake Segu shea butter Siga Siga's Sira slaves smile Somono soon stood suddenly talk tell thing thought Tiefolo Tiekoro Timbuktu told tondyons took town trade Traore tree Tukulor turned walls wife wives woman women young