The document provides background information on the literature of Senegal. It lists major Senegalese authors such as Phillis Wheatley, Lépold Panet, Abbé Bouillat, Amadou Mapaté, and Bakari Diallo who wrote about various experiences. Modern Senegalese authors mentioned include Boubacar Boris Diop, Mariama Bâ, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Aminata Sow Fall, and Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal. Ousmane Sembène is discussed as a writer and filmmaker who depicted the struggles of colonialism and a post-independence Senegal. His works include

2. The Literature of
Senegal

3. Republic of Senegal
(République du Sénégal)
Capital Dakar
Population 13.1 million
Area 196,722 sq km (75,955 sq miles)
Major languages French (official),
Wolof
Major religion Islam
Life expectancy 59 years (men), 61
years (women)
Currency CFA (Communaute
Financiere Africaine) franc

6. PhillisWheatley (1753-84)
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

7. Lépold Panet
de voyage de Saint-Louis à
Souiera [The Chronicle of Saint-
Louis' Voyage to Souiera]
Abbé Bouillat provided a
wealth of information about his
era in Esquisses Sénégalaises
[Senegalese Sketches]
Amadou Mapaté published
Les Trois volontés de Malic
[Malic's Three Wishes] for
his pupils
Bakari Diallo told of his
experiences as a "tirailleur-
sénégalais" [Senegalese
Infantryman].

8. Boubacar Boris Diop
Mariama Bâ
Cheikh Hamidou
Kane
Aminata Sow Fall

9. - a poet, teacher, and statesman, first president of Senegal,
and a major proponent of the concept of Negritude.
LéopoldSédarSenghor

10. • born on Jan. 8, 1923, at Ziguinchor in the
southern region of Casamance in colonial
FrenchWest Africa, now Senegal.
• Among Francophone African writers, he
was unique because of his working-class
background and limited primary school
education.
• His first novel, Le Docker noir (1956;
translated into English in 1981 asThe
Black Docker), is about his experiences
during this period.
• Sembène soon turned to writing full-
time. He returned to Senegal a few years
before it gained independence in 1960.
He became an astute observer of the

11. • Ô pays, mon beau peuple! (1957; “O My
Country, My Good People”),
• Les Bouts de bois de Dieu (1960; God’s
Bits ofWood), which depicts an African
workers’ railroad strike and the attempts
to combat colonialism.
• a volume of short stories titledVoltaïque
(1962;Tribal Scars and Other Stories)
• L’Harmattan (1964; “TheWind”)
• Xala (1973), which also provided the
subject of one of his best films (1974)
• In 1987 the novella collection Niiwam;
suivi deTaaw (Niiwam; andTaaw) was
published

24. Main Characters:
Amoo
Iome
Momutu
Saer

25. Story takes place in modern dayWest Africa and is set during two
time periods; slave times and modern day.
This Story is about a tribe in search of cultural identity and to
answer the question, "Why do we have tribal scars?"
The answer to this question is unfolded through the course of the
story. In the end Saer proves the elders wrong with a story about his
ancestor.

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