XALA
Ousmane Sembène
189 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 270870589X
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Language: French
Publish: July 11, 2000
AfricaAfrican LiteratureClassicsFictionHistorical FictionHumorLiterary FictionLiteratureNovelsSenegal
First published in French in 1973 and later translated into English in 1976, Xala is the story of El Hadji Kader Beye, a Muslim business man living in Dakar, Senegal, and the misfortune he suffers after his third marriage. The novel follows several weeks in El Hadji’s life and his “rapid decline from affluence to total humiliation and ruin.”