![]() ![]() There is Tiekoro, who renounces his people's religion and embraces Islam Siga, who defends tradition, but becomes a merchant Naba, who is kidnapped by slave traders and Malobali, who becomes a mercenary and halfhearted Christian. Segu follows the life of Dousika Traore, the king's most trusted advisor, and his four sons, whose fates embody the forces tearing at the fabric of the nation. ![]() ![]() From the east comes a new religion, Islam, and from the West, the slave trade. But even their soothsayers can only hint at the changes to come, for the battle of the soul of Africa has begun. The people of Segu, the Bambara, are guided by their griots and priests their lives are ruled by the elements. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader's heart." -Maya Angelou "A wondrous novel" ( The New York Times) by the winner of the 2018 New Academy Prize (The Alternative Nobel prize in literature) and author of The Gospel According to the New World The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing, fed by the wealth of its noblemen and the power of its warriors. "Condé's story is rich and colorful and glorious. ![]()
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