I once blogged on the spirituality of the Yoruba people of South West of Nigeria (read here). As I read again The African Child by Camara Laye, it is very clear the same statement was true of the people of Guinea of his time. In this post I do a quick sweep of the the… Continue reading The “spirit” in Camara Laye’s “The African Child”
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“The African Child” By Camara Laye: West African Spirituality
The African Child was first published in 1954. The author was Camara Laye, an African immigrant from Guinea. who lived in France at the time of publication. The author was born in 1928. The first chapter of the book, the focus of this essay, was set at a time when he was very young, he… Continue reading “The African Child” By Camara Laye: West African Spirituality
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