Segu
Penguin Modern Classics
by Maryse Condé
Narrated by Debra Michaels
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Pub Date 15 Apr 2021 | Archive Date 16 Apr 2021
Penguin Random House UK Audio | Penguin Classics
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize for Literature 2018
The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynasty
It is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the king's most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade. These forces will tear his country, his village and the lives of his beloved sons apart, in Maryse Condé's glittering epic.
'Maryse Condé is an extraordinary storyteller who brings the history of an African kingdom alive as vividly as if it existed today. . . This is a great novel: unputdownable and unforgettable' Bernardine Evaristo
'Rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader's heart' - Maya Angelou
'A stunning reaffirmation of Africa and its peoples... It's a starburst' - John A. Williams
© Maryse Condé 1984 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9780241524862 |
| PRICE | £13.33 (GBP) |
| DURATION | 18 Hours, 44 Minutes |
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