God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane | Senegalese Writers | Postcolonialism This is brief introduction to Sembene Ousmane's 1960 novel "God's Bits of Wood", which was originally published in French and later translated into English. The novel captures the story of Dakar railway strike of 1947-48 Sembene, Ousmane. "God's Bits of Wood." https://amzn.to/3iQ4IxV  Resources: Dakar Railway Strike: https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/french-west-african-railway-workers-strike-greater-benefits-1947-1948 My article: https://postcolonial.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Sembene-pdf.pdf