The Abandoned Baobab The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman |
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| Author:
| Bugul, Ken |
| Introduction by:
| Garane, Jeanne |
| Translator:
| de Jager, Marjolijn |
| Prepared for Publication by:
| Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal, |
| Series title: | CARAF Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2737-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.50 |
Book Description:
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Abandoned by her mother and sent to live with relatives in Dakar, the author tells of being educated in the French colonial school system, where she comes gradually to feel alienated from her family and Muslim upbringing, growing enamored with the West.
Abandoned by her mother and sent to live with relatives in Dakar, the author tells of being educated in the French colonial school system, where she comes gradually to feel alienated from her family and Muslim upbringing, growing enamored with the West.