In 1947, he travelled to Paris to continue studying mechanics. He attended vocational studies in motor mechanics. At the age of 15 he went to Conakry, the colonial capital, to continue his education. He attended both Quranic and French elementary schools in Kouroussa. His mother was from the village of Tindican, and his immediate childhood surroundings were not predominantly influenced by French culture. His family were Malinke (a Mandé-speaking ethnicity), and he was born into a system where he had to follow his forefathers footsteps who traditionally worked as blacksmiths and goldsmiths. Camara Laye later worked for the government of newly independent Guinea, but went into voluntary exile over political issues.Ĭamara Laye was born in Kouroussa, a town in what was then the colony of French Guinea. Both novels are among the earliest major works in Francophone African literature. He was the author of The African Child ( L'Enfant noir), a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and The Radiance of the King ( Le Regard du roi). Camara Laye (January 1, 1928 – February 4, 1980) was a writer from Guinea.
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