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Jan 01, 1928 Kouroussa, Kankan Region, Guinea Died on 04 Feb 1980 (aged 52)
Guinean writer
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About Camara Laye
- Camara Laye (January 1, 1928 – February 4, 1980) was an African writer from Guinea.
- 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).
- Both novels are among the earliest major works in Francophone African literature.
- Camara Laye later worked for the government of newly independent Guinea, but went into voluntary exile over political issues.
