''Tribal Scars'' is a collection of short stories by
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
ese author
Ousmane Sembène
Ousmane Sembène (; 1 January 1923 or 8 January 1923 – 9 June 2007), often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The ''Los Angeles Times'' consider ...
. It was originally published in French as ''Voltaique'' in 1962.
Plot summary
Tribal Scars
''Tribal Scars'' is a short story in which Ousmane presents a theory of how tribal scarring first began. It begins with a group of men sitting around a table drinking tea and discussing current affairs. When the subject of tribal scarring comes up, the table erupts into a melee of confusion, with everyone wanting to add his opinion of how the practice first started. The story that is eventually accepted by all is that African tribes began scarring themselves, so they would not be taken as slaves, and ever since then, tribal scarring has been a symbol of freedom.
Contents
* "The False Prophet"
* "The Bilal's Fourth Wife"
* "In the Face of History"
* "Love in Sandy Lane"
* "A Matter of Conscience"
* "The Mother"
* "Her Three Days"
* "Letters from France"
* "The Community"
* "Chaiba the Algerian"
* "The Promised Land"
* "Tribal Scars" or "The Voltaique"
Adaptations
Sembene, also a filmmaker, adapted the short story "The Promised Land" into a 1966 feature film entitled ''
Black Girl
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Book information
''Tribal Scars'' (English edition) by Ousmane Sembène; translation by
Len Ortzen
Len Ortzen was an English writer and translator from French.
Life
Ortzen grew up in the East End of London, and his first novel, ''Down Donkey Row'' (1938), was appreciatively reviewed by Hugh Massingham as "a picture, at once faithful and amus ...
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INSCAPE
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Books by Ousmane Sembène
1975 short story collections
Senegalese fiction
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