The African Child by Camara Laye
The African Child

Camara Laye

The African Child

Camara Laye with James Kirkup

159 pages paperback 1954

12 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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This book is a distinct and graceful memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. Laye marvels over this mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and h...

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