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The Money-Order With White Genesis
''The money-order with White genesis'' (french: Le mandat, précédé de Véhi Ciosane) is a book containing two novellas by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène, first published in French in 1966. An English-language translation was published in 1972.''The Money-Order; with, White Genesis'' tr. by Clive Wake and John O. Reed. London: Heinemann Educational, 1972. African Writers Series 92. It tells two stories. In ''White Genesis'', a mother struggles with conflict after her teenage daughter's pregnancy becomes apparent. In ''The Money-order'', a man receives a money-order from a relative living in Paris. The book was adapted by the author into a movie, ''Mandabi'' ( wo, manda bi which comes from the French word ''mandat'', ''money order''), in 1968. Plot summary White Genesis A teenager's pregnancy is beginning to show. This causes her mother much grief, as the girl will not name the father. Suspicion in the village rests on a navetanekat, or migrant laborer. He denies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Money-Order With White Genesis
''The money-order with White genesis'' (french: Le mandat, précédé de Véhi Ciosane) is a book containing two novellas by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène, first published in French in 1966. An English-language translation was published in 1972.''The Money-Order; with, White Genesis'' tr. by Clive Wake and John O. Reed. London: Heinemann Educational, 1972. African Writers Series 92. It tells two stories. In ''White Genesis'', a mother struggles with conflict after her teenage daughter's pregnancy becomes apparent. In ''The Money-order'', a man receives a money-order from a relative living in Paris. The book was adapted by the author into a movie, ''Mandabi'' ( wo, manda bi which comes from the French word ''mandat'', ''money order''), in 1968. Plot summary White Genesis A teenager's pregnancy is beginning to show. This causes her mother much grief, as the girl will not name the father. Suspicion in the village rests on a navetanekat, or migrant laborer. He denies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Renndaandi Senegaali); Arabic: جمهورية السنغال ''Jumhuriat As-Sinighal'') is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is notably the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |