TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laye,Camara
AU  - Kirkup,James
TI  - The Dark Child
T2  - Literature/ African writers
SN  - 9780809015481(paperback)
U1  - 920.096657 22
PY  - 1954///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Camara, Laye.
KW  - Authors, Guinean
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Guinea
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Translation of: L'enfant noir
N2  - "The Dark Child is a ... memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. Laye marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood. ... More than the autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world."--Back cover
ER  -