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The Dark Child
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Read around the world project - Guinea
The Dark Child is a piece of nonfiction from Camara Laye, who grew up in Guinea as part of the Malinke peoples. Laye wrote this in his twenties when studying in France (it was published in 1954), and the memoir reflects his experiences as a child and adolescent, navigating familial ties, friendships, and perhaps most memorable, the rituals of the Malinke people (including his circumcision as a teen). I found the prose descriptive and eloquent, but The Dark Child lacks an almost any sort of reflection - this is more a chronological regurgitation of events that occurred. For this reason, while the memoir was readable and enlightening, it likely won't stay with me long term.
The Dark Child is a piece of nonfiction from Camara Laye, who grew up in Guinea as part of the Malinke peoples. Laye wrote this in his twenties when studying in France (it was published in 1954), and the memoir reflects his experiences as a child and adolescent, navigating familial ties, friendships, and perhaps most memorable, the rituals of the Malinke people (including his circumcision as a teen). I found the prose descriptive and eloquent, but The Dark Child lacks an almost any sort of reflection - this is more a chronological regurgitation of events that occurred. For this reason, while the memoir was readable and enlightening, it likely won't stay with me long term.
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