Top French Book Prize Goes To Tale of African Migration
Front-runner Marie NDiaye won France’s top literary prize on Monday for a haunting novel about three women caught between France and Senegal and the hellish ordeal of illegal migration from Africa.
While she does not define herself as an African writer, NDiaye, whose mother is French and father Senegalese, became the first black woman to win the Goncourt prize, with “Trois Femmes Puissantes” (“Three Strong Women”).
The 42-year-old writer’s tale touches on the troubled ties between Africa and its former colonial rulers. Set between France and Senegal, the three-part novel weaves together the stories of women whose lives straddle the two continents.
AFP
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