Ousmane Sembène

Books and literary traditions in the Volumain atlas.

Books in the world atlas

God’s Bits of Wood
A 1947 railway strike reveals collective resistance and women’s growing role in colonial West Africa.
In the atlas: Senegal
Xala
A wealthy businessman’s impotence becomes a satire of corruption and postcolonial elite privilege.
In the atlas: Senegal
The Money-Order with White Genesis
A money order from abroad entangles an unemployed Dakar resident in a bureaucratic maze.
In the atlas: Senegal