The Children of Segu
First edition
AuthorMaryse Condé
Original titleSégou: la terre en miettes
TranslatorLinda Coverdale
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Robert Laffont
Publication date
11 January 1985
Published in English
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages
  • 426 pp. (Robert Laffont)
  • 512 pp. (Viking Press)
Preceded bySegu: A Novel 
Followed byI, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem 

The Children of Segu (French: Ségou: la terre en miettes, lit. Segu: The Earth in Pieces) is a French sequel to Maryse Condé's 1984 historical fiction Segu.[1] The novel follows the 19th-century tribal wars, Islamic conquests and French occupation of the African kingdom, focusing on the Traore family's further history and kins.[2][3]

References

  1. Condé, Maryse (1985). Ségou: la terre en miettes. Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont. p. 426. ISBN 2-221-04578-5.
  2. "The Children of Segu: A Novel by Maryse Condé". fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. "The Children of Segu". amazon.com. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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