Tribal Scars

Tribal Scars is a collection of short stories by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène. It was originally published in French as Voltaique.

Contents

• "wootwoot"
• "The Bilal's Fourth Wife"
• "In the Face of History"
• "Love in Sandy Lane"
• "A Matter of Conscience"
• "The Mother"
• "Her Three Days"
• "Letters from France"
• "The Community"
• "Chaiba the Algerian"
• "The Promised Land"
• "Tribal Scars or The Voltaique"

Adaptations

Sembene, also a filmmaker, adapted the short story "The Promised Land" into a 1966 feature film entitled Black Girl.

Book information

Tribal Scars (English edition) by Ousmane Sembène; translation by Len Ortzen

• Hardback ISBN 0-87953-015-4, published by INSCAPE