Segu (Penguin Modern Classics)
Segu (Penguin Modern Classics) by Maryse Condé, translated by Barbara Bray
English | April 6, 2017 | ISBN: 0241293510 | EPUB | 512 pages | 4.9 MB
English | April 6, 2017 | ISBN: 0241293510 | EPUB | 512 pages | 4.9 MB
The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynasty
It is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the king's most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade. These forces will tear his country, his village and the lives of his beloved sons apart, in Maryse Condé's glittering epic.