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The Money-order; With, White Genesis

von Ousmane Sembène

Fiction Drama Cultural Studies

ISBN

0435900927

Verlag

Heinemann Educational Books

Erschienen

01.01.1970

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African literature Senegal social issues postcolonialism money-order family dynamics illiteracy unemployment polygamy village life migrant labor pregnancy incest community identity cultural conflict 20th century Ousmane Sembène African authors societal critique economic struggles moral dilemmas African society French colonial influence African fiction literary fiction adult fiction

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The money-order: Centers on an illiterate, middle-aged Senegalese man named Dieng. Dieng has been unemployed for some time, and he has two wives and several children. Dieng receives word that a money-order is waiting for him at the post office. Dieng wants the money, but he faces much difficulty in obtaining it. He doesn't have proper identification, and he even must pay a translator to read him the message with the order. Compounding Dieng's troubles is the fact that Dieng's neighbors are learning of his recent windfall. Enter Mbaye, a so-called "New African". Effective in his business dealings, Mbaye owns a villa on the other side of town. With a flourish of generosity, Mbaye promises to help Dieng cash the money-order. White genesis: A teenager's pregnancy is beginning to show. This causes her mother much grief, as the girl will not name the father. Suspicion in the village rests on a navetanekat, or migrant laborer. He denies any involvement. Nevertheless, one of the brothers of Khar Madaiagua Diob (the expectant mother) tramples the laborer's crops. An angry mob searches for the navetanekat for a few days. Eventually, the girl tells her mother the truth: her own father is also the father of her child.