Riwan oder der Sandweg

When Ken Bugul returns disillusioned from Europe to her village, she has become an outsider. She is the failure who has come home empty-handed - without money, without a man, and without knowing what to do next. Once again, she sets out in search of something. Fascinated by the gentleness and tolerance of the great Serigne, she moves to his compound and becomes his twenty-eighth wife. This novel boldly explores African traditions and polygamy, seduction, and self-determination. "Riwan or the Sand Path" was chosen as one of the hundred most significant African books of the 20th century and awarded the most prestigious African literary prize.