Segu by Maryse Condé Barbara Bray (Translator) Elias writes letters to her

Elias writes letters to her

a young student

A magnificent new translation of Dostoevsky's masterpiece

and many more speeches that wield immense significance in understanding how to eradicate religious discord

the world was watching

Segu by Maryse Condé Barbara Bray (Translator) Elias writes letters to herWinner of the Alternative Nobel Prize for Literature 2018The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynastyIt is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the king's most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade.