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1975 collection of short stories by Ousmane Sembène
Tribal Scars
1971 French reprint
AuthorOusmane Sembène
TranslatorLen Ortzen
LanguageEnglish
GenreGeneral Fiction
PublisherINSCAPE (US)
Publication date1975
Publication placeSenegal
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages117 (US hardback)
ISBN0-87953-015-4 (US)
OCLC763705
Dewey Decimal843 19
LC ClassPQ3989.S46 V613 1974
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Tribal Scars is a collection of short stories by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène. It was originally published in French as Voltaique in 1962.

Plot summary

Tribal Scars

Tribal Scars is a short story in which Ousmane presents a theory of how tribal scarring first began. It begins with a group of men sitting around a table drinking tea and discussing current affairs. When the subject of tribal scarring comes up, the table erupts into a melee of confusion, with everyone wanting to add his opinion of how the practice first started. The story that is eventually accepted by all is that African tribes began scarring themselves, so they would not be taken as slaves, and ever since then, tribal scarring has been a symbol of freedom.

Contents

  • "The False Prophet"
  • "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"

Adaptations

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

Book information

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

References

  1. Sembène, Ousmane (1974). Tribal Scars and Other Stories. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435-90142-4.
  2. "Tribal scars and other stories / Sembène Ousmane ; translated from the French by Len Ortzen". www.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  3. "Tribal Scars by Ousmane Sembene ☭ Socialist Stories". www.socialiststories.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  4. "Black Girl". The Criterion Collection.
  5. Sembène, Ousmane (1974). Tribal Scars, and Other Stories. INSCAPE. ISBN 978-0-87953-015-0.
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