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Segu
by Conde, Maryse
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345353064
- ISBN 13
- 9780345353061
- Seller
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Wichita, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, 1988. First edition thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Inscribed and dated, in French, by author on dedication page. Full number line, May 1988. Spine is sunned, text edges show some age-related yellowing, else a bright unblemished copy. 8vo, 493 pp., bookseller #4139.
Synopsis
The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing, fed by the wealth of its noblemen and the power of its warriors. The people of Segu, the Bambara, are guided by their griots and priests; their lives are ruled by the elements. But even their soothsayers can only hint at the changes to come, for the battle of the soul of Africa has begun. From the east comes a new religion, Islam, and from the West, the slave trade. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Thleodore Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4139
- Title
- Segu
- Author
- Conde, Maryse
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345353064
- ISBN 13
- 9780345353061
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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