description: 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 lengthensOusmane Sembène envinces the color, passion, and tragedy of those formative years in the history of West Africa.
language: English
title: God's Bits Of Wood
titlecomplete: God's Bits Of Wood
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, Politics, France, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Senegal, Africa, African Literature
ratings_count: 2760
places: Senegal
publisher: Zimbabwe Publishing House