The Viceroy of Ouidah Bruce Chatwin
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York Summit Books 1980Description: 155 p. 24 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:- DT 515 C395
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Lagos Business School Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | DT 515 C395 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | MON-008357 |
Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves & amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, & soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading & the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth & sanity
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