Ségou: les murailles de terre

aka Segu: The Earthern Wall

Segu

Author

Maryse Condé

Language

French

Year

1984

Country

France

Genre

Novel

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Segu: A Novel is a French novel by Maryse Condé published in May 1984. It was Condé's third novel. Set in historical Ségou, it is an African saga that examines the violent impact of the slave trade, Islam, Christianity, and white colonization on a royal family during the period from 1797 to 1860. The book won the Liberatur Prize in 1988.