Les naufragés de la pirogue
Subtitle: roman
By: Cheikh Salla Ndiaye
Series: Collection itinéraire; Collection itinéraire (Editions Khoudia)
Publisher: Editions Khoudia/CAEC
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Dakar? Senegal]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9782878950441
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Fiction; Emigration and immigration; Refugees; Senegalese fiction (French)
Description: "Le 14 septembre 2006, à minuit, cent quatre passagers et moi avions embarqué dans une pirogue de vingt-quatre mètres à destination de l'Espagne. Ce voyage qui dura vingt-trois jours a débuté dans l'embouchure du fleuve Diogué, en basse-casamance, au Sénégal."--Page 4 of cover

Based on the true life experience of Cheikh Salla Ndiaye, we read first hand the dangers of trying to immigrate clandestinely from Africa to Europe in a boat. With 400 other passengers, the author left Senegal expecting a short trip to Spain, but ended up spending 23 days on the journey, running out of food and clean water and never arriving to his true destination