CITY · SENEGALBooks set in Dakar
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12 books · 8 authors · 1960–2024
12 books here
Most-set authors
Ousmane Sembène (4) · Mariama Bâ (2) · Boubacar Boris Diop (1) · Ousmane Sembene (1) · Ken Bugul (1) · Aminata Sow Fall (1)
Genres
literary fiction (5) · historical fiction (2)
Books set here
Set in Dakar (9)
Doomi Golo
Boubacar Boris Diop
Primary setting — Nyaarela district, Dakar
Gods Bits of Wood
Ousmane Sembene
railroad strike Dakar hub
Scarlet Song
Mariama Bâ
university and marital home
So Long a Letter
Mariama Bâ
widowed schoolteacher's home
The Abandoned Baobab
Ken Bugul
Author's Senegalese childhood and education under French colonial system; starting point of the journey
The Beggars Strike
Aminata Sow Fall
Dakar where city officials try to clear beggars from the streets; the beggars' strike exposes the hypocrisy of modern Af
The Last of the Empire
Ousmane Sembène
presidential palace intrigue
The Money-Order
Ousmane Sembène
Post-colonial Dakar, money order and bureaucratic labyrinth
Xala
Ousmane Sembène
bourgeois businessman's world
Notable locations in Dakar
Gorée Island1