Teacher Guide

The Dark Child (The African Child) Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

In Camara Laye's novel The Radiance of the King, he deals more directly with the negative impact of colonialism on African countries.

Coming to Birth by Marjorie Oludhe MacGoye is a coming-of-age novel set in Kenya during a time of rapid social change, portraying many similar themes to The Dark Child, including uncertainty as it is connected to the individual and the culture, and colonialism's impact on the decisions of the young female protagonist.

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is one of the most widely read pieces of African literature worldwide. It portrays Nigerian Igbo culture before the region was colonized by England and the progressive effects of colonialism on the culture.

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