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- catalog abstract "[This book] is a ... memoir of [the author's] youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. [He] marvels over his 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. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than the autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world.-Back cover.".
- catalog alternative "Enfant noir. English".
- catalog contributor b855591.
- catalog coverage "Guinea Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1954.".
- catalog date "1954".
- catalog date "1954.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1954.".
- catalog description "[This book] is a ... memoir of [the author's] youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. [He] marvels over his 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. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than the autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world.-Back cover.".
- catalog extent "188 p.".
- catalog issued "1954".
- catalog issued "1954.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engfre".
- catalog publisher "New York, Noonday Press,".
- catalog spatial "Guinea Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "916.652".
- catalog subject "Authors, Guinean 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Camara, Laye.".
- catalog subject "DT543 .L313".
- catalog title "Enfant noir. English".
- catalog title "The dark child. With an introd. by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin. Translated by James Kirkup, Ernest Jones [and] Elaine Gottlieb.".
- catalog type "text".