Tribal Scars

Tribal Scars
Author(s) Ousmane Sembène
Translator Len Ortzen
Country Senegal
Language English
Genre(s) General Fiction
Publisher INSCAPE (US)
Publication date 1975
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 117 (US hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-87953-015-4 (US)
OCLC Number 763705
Dewey Decimal 843 19
LC Classification PQ3989.S46 V613 1974

Tribal Scars is a collection of short stories by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène. It was originally published in French as Voltaique.

Contents

  • "wootwoot"
  • "The Bilal's Fourth Wife"
  • "In the Face of History"
  • "Love in Sandy Lane"
  • "A Matter of Conscience"
  • "The Mother"
  • "Her Three Days"
  • "Letters from France"
  • "The Community"
  • "Chaiba the Algerian"
  • "The Promised Land"
  • "Tribal Scars or The Voltaique"
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Adaptations

Sembene, also a filmmaker, adapted the short story "The Promised Land" into a 1966 feature film entitled Black Girl.

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Book information

Tribal Scars (English edition) by Ousmane Sembène; translation by Len Ortzen


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