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The Dark Child is Camara Laye’s autobiographical account of growing up in the village of Koroussa in French Guinea. The memoir details his mother’s reputed supernatural abilities, his father’s role as the village goldsmith, and Laye’s personal transition into adulthood. Through his observations, the book presents the universal conflict between sacred African customs and the pressures of a modernizing world.
First publish date: 1954
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Laye Camara
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