by Maryse Condé · Goldmann · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442093625
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«Segu» is the historical novel by Maryse Condé, published by Goldmann in paperback, in German.
In the kingdom of Segu, in present-day Mali, at the end of the 18th century, the family of the Bambara aristocrat Dousika Traoré experiences the clash between ancestral beliefs and Islam, in a context of holy war and the slave trade. From that tension arise the opposing destinies of their four sons and a choral story about precolonial Africa.
First installment of the «Ségou» saga. German edition translated from French by Uli Wittmann; the work was originally published in 1984 as «Ségou. Les murailles de terre».
Recommended for readers of African literature and historical fiction; the story is set in precolonial Africa.
Maryse Condé was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. She was also an academic, whose teaching career took her to West Africa and North America, as well as the Caribbean and Europe. As a writer, Condé is best known for her novel Ségou (1984–1985).
