Les Bouts de bois de Dieu
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Les Bouts de bois de Dieu is a landmark 1960 novel by Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène that depicts a historic railroad workers’ strike in French West Africa and is celebrated as a classic of African literature and anti-colonial resistance.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Bouts de bois de Dieu canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
class struggle
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collective action and sacrifice ⓘ |
| author | Ousmane Sembène NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | 1947–1948 Dakar–Niger railway strike ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered a masterpiece of African fiction
ⓘ
widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
relations between African workers and French administrators
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urban and rural West African communities ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | God’s Bits of Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-colonial literature
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ social realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bakayoko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dejean NERFINISHED ⓘ N’Deye Touti NERFINISHED ⓘ Penda NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramatoulaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influenced | postcolonial African writers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African literature
ⓘ
Negritude-adjacent literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
French colonialism in West Africa
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anti-colonial resistance ⓘ labor struggle ⓘ railroad workers’ strike ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic status in African literature
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collective portrait of African workers ⓘ critique of French colonial rule ⓘ depiction of a historic railroad strike ⓘ strong female characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| portrays |
Islam and traditional beliefs in West Africa
ⓘ
gender roles in African societies ⓘ racial inequality under colonialism ⓘ trade union organizing ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Présence Africaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West African literature ⓘ |
| setting |
Dakar–Niger railway
NERFINISHED
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French West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | multi-perspective narrative ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1947–1948 ⓘ |
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