In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase as the strike lengthens. The author's other novels include Xala and Black Docker. BAMAKO Ad'jibid'ji
1(12)
THIES The City
13(11)
Maimouna
24(11)
DAKAR Daouda-Beaugosse
35(15)
Houdia M'Baye
50(15)
Ramatoulaye
65(13)
BAMAKO Tiemoko
78(13)
The Trial
91(18)
DAKAR Mame Sofi
109(19)
THIES Sounkare, the Watchman
128(9)
Penda
137(8)
Doudou
145(10)
The Apprentices
155(9)
`The Vatican'
164(8)
The Return of Bakayoko
172(14)
FROM THIES TO DAKAR
186(56)
The March of the Women
186(19)
DAKAR The Meeting
205(17)
The Edge of the Sea
222(8)
BAMAKO The Camp
230(12)
THIES Epilogue
242
