num_pages: 112
description: A biting satire about the downfall of a businessman-polygamist who assumes the role of the colonialist in French-speaking Africa.
language: English
title: Xala
titlecomplete: Xala
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, African Literature, Humor, Classics, Senegal, Historical Fiction, Africa, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 884
places: Senegal
publisher: Lawrence Hill Books