The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy by Camara Laye

The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy

Camara Laye with Ernest Jones (Translator), Philippe Thoby-Marcellin (Contributor), James Kirkup (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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The Dark Child is a distinct and graceful memoir of French author Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea. Long regarded as Africa's preeminent Francophone novelist, Laye (1928-1980) herein marvels over his mother's supernatu...

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Moods

emotional 47%
informative 47%
reflective 41%
hopeful 23%
adventurous 17%
dark 11%
inspiring 11%
lighthearted 5%
sad 5%
tense 5%

Pace

medium 58%
fast 29%
slow 11%

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