Ségou: la terre en miettes

aka Segu: The Earth in Pieces

The Children of Segu

Author

Maryse Condé

Language

French

Year

1985

Country

France, Guadeloupe

Genre

Novel

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The Children of Segu is a French sequel to Maryse Condé's 1984 historical fiction Segu. The novel follows the 19th-century tribal wars, Islamic conquests and French occupation of the African kingdom, focusing on the Traore family's further history and kins.