num_pages: 189
description: First published in French in 1973 and later translated into English in 1976, Xala is the story of El Hadji Kader Beye, a Muslim business man living in Dakar, Senegal, and the misfortune he suffers after his third marriage. The novel follows several weeks in El Hadji's life and his "rapid decline from affluence to total humiliation and ruin."
language: French
title: XALA
titlecomplete: XALA (French Edition)
genres: Classics, African Literature, Humor, Novels, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, Senegal, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 884
places: Senegal
publisher: PRESENCE AFRICA