num_pages: 159
description: This book is a distinct and graceful memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. Laye marvels over this mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood, which is marked by animistic beliefs and bloody rituals of primeval origin.
language: English
title: The African Child
titlecomplete: The African Child
characters: Kouyaté, Laye, Fanta
genres: Classics, Autobiography, France, African Literature, Africa, School, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Guinea
ratings_count: 2171
awards: name: Prix Charles Veillon
publisher: Longman