A tapestry of resistance: reviewing Sembène’s God’s Bits of Wood
By Ejiroghene Barrett Ousmane Sembène’s God’s Bits of Wood (original title: Les Bouts de Bois de Dieu) is a seminal work in African literature that was first published in 1960. The novel is a powerful portrayal of the 1947-1948 railroad workers’ strike on the Dakar-Niger Railway, which connected Senegal and Mali during the French…
