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Xala
Xala: A Novel | Ousmane Sembne
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"Ousmane's satirical fable tells of the downfall of El Hadji, a member of the African elite who have taken the place of white businessmen in Francophone Africa. The protagonist is stricken with xala--impotence--in a racous bedrroom scene with his new young wife. The novel subtly traces the interplay among his three wives as El Hadji desperately tries to over come the affliction. In his obsession he resorts to primitive incantation, and his unscrupulous business associates cynically reject their former friend." -- cover.
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TheSpineView
Xala: A Novel | Ousmane Sembne
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This was a hard one!

#manicmonday @JoScho #letterX

JoScho 🖤🖤🖤 5y
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Mdonald
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It‘s so hard to find books that begin with X! Please leave recommendations. 😊 #LitsyAtoZ #X✔️

Mindyrecycles Octavia Butler‘s Xenogenesis series. I don‘t know if using the series title is cheating but I‘m going with it. 😂 I‘ve read the first one, Dawn, and loved it, so I‘m using book 2 for my AtoZ challenge. 6y
Mdonald Haha, I think we need to bend the rules for the letter X. Thanks for the rec! 6y
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Cydster61
Xala: A Novel | Ousmane Sembne
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Sue
Xala: A Novel | Ousmane Sembne
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That look you get from your kid when a bunch of books you ordered before Xmas from different providers all turn up in the same day.... More arrivals for the #Litsyatoz and #readingaroundtheworld challenges.

BookishMarginalia 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
Cinfhen My kid said "you used to order shoes?!?, now it's books?!?" TRUTH? 7y
Louise Those look very interesting! 👍 7y
Sue @Cinfhen Damn kids dropping truth bombs! My kid just has this 'I can't trust you by yourself' look which is fun. @Louise don't they! I'm looking forward to them :) I've found so many amazing books thanks to these challenges. 7y
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ReadingEnvy
Xala: A Novel | Ousmane Sembne
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Just some of the books by people of color I have read this year. Not to mention the white authors from outside the normal USA/UK rotation! #somethingforsept #POCauthors

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