Ousmane Sembène

Analysis of Ousmane Sembène’s God’s Bits of Wood

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on October 12, 2022

God’s Bits of Wood is the third and most famous novel of award-winning author and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007), who was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, then a French colony. God’s Bits of Wood, a panoramic novel of social realism, chronicles… Read More ›

African Novels and Novelists

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on March 10, 2019 • ( 1 )

The term “African,” when applied in this essay to the novel and other literary genres, does not include the Arab states of the north or the peoples of European descent who may have settled in Africa. It refers to the… Read More ›