Camara Laye

Camara Laye was a writer (1928–1980). He was born at Kouroussa and died at Dakar.

Camara Laye in brief

Born
1928
Died
1980
Known for
writer
Place of birth
Kouroussa
Contents

Catalogued works

25 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1953 to 1980.

The African Child. The Radiance of the King. Camara Laye. A dream of Africa, dated 1968. L' Enfant noir, dated 1970. L'enfant noir. Lenfant Noir Roman. The dark child, dated 1955. Afrikalı Çocuk. Dramouss, dated 1966. Camara Laye, écrivain guinéen. Dramouss, roman, dated 1966. A dream of Africa;. Le regard du roi, dated 1954. Le maître de la parole, dated 1978. Enfant noir, dated 1954. Maître de la parole, dated 1980. Dark Child. The African childhood. L'enfant noir, roman. The guardian of the word. Nen Negre. Sa Zanfan Afriken. L' enfant noir, roman, dated 1953. Camara Laye, écrivain guinéen, dated 1964.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Laye, Camara, African American Studies Center, 2005. Laye, Camara, African American Studies Center, 2011. Laye, Camara, Religion Past and Present. De la déconstruction à la résistance culturelle dans 'L’Enfant noir' de Camara Laye, HYBRIDA, 2025. Laye, Camara, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Regards croisés : cinéma et littérature africaine entre fidélité et innovation dans L'autre moitié du soleil de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aya de Yopougon de Marguerite Abouet et Clement Oubrerie, L'enfant noir de Camara Laye, Akofena, 2024. Reviews, Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2002. L’impact de l’environnement sur l’identité humaine d’après "l’enfant noir" de Camara Laye et "Onitsha" de Le Clézio Étude socio- écocritique, Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Fayūm, 2024. RÉCIT AUTOBIOGRAPHIQUE / ÉTUDE GÉNÉTIQUE; MODE D’EMPLOI : LE CAS DE L’ENFANT NOIR DE CAMARA LAYE, Ziglôbitha, 2025. Une journée dans la vie d’Augustine Amaya d’Emmanuel Dongala : l’ identité de la femme africaine et du peuple congolais, Voix Plurielles, 2010. Perception of the relationship France–Africa by André Gide and Camara Laye, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2017. Une journée dans la vie d’Augustine Amaya d’Emmanuel Dongala : l’ identité de la femme africaine et du peuple congolais, Voix Plurielles, 2006. L’oubli volontaire et la réminiscence involontaire dans la perspective des littératures subsahariennes d’expression française, Svět Literatury, 2020.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (119130165). Those registers additionally record the forms Laye, Camara, Camara Laye, Kamara, Laay and Laay, Kamara.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The dark child (1971) — Internet Archive. archive (2007) — Internet Archive. The African Child (1967) — Internet Archive. The guardian of the word = Kouma Lafôlô Kouma (1984) — Internet Archive. Le regard du roi : roman (1978) — Internet Archive. A Dream of Africa (African/American library) (1971) — Internet Archive. A dream of Africa (1968) — Internet Archive. the radiance of the king (1971) — Internet Archive. Camara Laye : écrivain guinéen (1964) — Internet Archive. L'enfant noir (1953) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1928Camara Laye born at Kouroussa.
  2. 1967The African Child digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1968A dream of Africa.
  4. 1970L' Enfant noir.
  5. 1971The dark child digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1971A Dream of Africa (African/American library) digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1978Le regard du roi : roman digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1980Camara Laye died at Dakar.
  9. 1984The guardian of the word = Kouma Lafôlô Kouma digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 2007archive digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Camara Laye”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1371169: Camara Laye

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