Camara, Laye <br/><br/>
The dark child / 
Camara Laye ; with an introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin ; [translated from the French by James Kirkup and Ernest Jones] 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  ℗♭1954 
 - 188 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Translation of: L'enfant noir  Autobiographical story  "N 843"--Spine 
<br/><br/> [This book] is a ... memoir of [the author's] youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. [He] marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood, which is marked by animistic beliefs and bloody rituals of primeval origin. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than the autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0374507686 9780374507688 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>54011726 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African literature<br/>Authors, Guinean--20th century--Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT543  / .L313 1954a 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>843