Caught in the Storm by Seydou Badian

Caught in the Storm by Seydou Badian

Examining the conflict between young and old, new and traditional, foreign and native, this is the story of a village family in an African country under French rule, a family where the older members revere the customs of the ancestors, whilst the younger ones are attracted to European ways.

Noiset has meticulously preserved the integrity and sublety of the original French, its invigorating idiom and orality, without undermining its satiric undertones—a challenging task she has mastered beautifully"—Jamal En-nehas, World Literature Today

"This poignant novel evokes the utopian hopes at the very dawn of the decolonization of Africa."—Publishers Weekly

Mali's Seydou Badian was a member of the second generation of African intellectuals that rose to defend the value of their own culture and to take a greater role in their political future. His personal involvement in government began in 1957, when he served as French Sudan's minister of rural economy and planning. After the establishment of the Republic of Mali in 1960, he was leader of the radical Marxist group in the government of Modibo Keita. He spent ten years in prison after Keita's 1968 overthrow. Marie-Thérèse Noiset is associate professor of French at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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ISBN 13	9780894107948
ISBN 10	0894107941
Titel	Caught in the Storm
Autor	Seydou Badian
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	1998-03-01
Seitenanzahl	116
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.