Novel set in Overijssel 1961
Sundown at Dawn: A Liberian Odyssey
Location(s): Liberia
Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction
Era(s): Contemporary
In Sundown at Dawn, Dougba Senfenui Jr. of the native Kpelle acquires an education against overwhelming odds. Wishing to use his education to help his people, he ends his life in jail due to the prevailing corruption, jealousy, and political chicanery of his country. As he languishes in prison, Dougba discovers, through agonized soul-searching, that salvation for Liberia will only come from heroes whose sole concern is the welfare of their people. Sundown at Dawn is not simply a tale of adventure, but an odyssey of the heart and the mind—a quest for life’s ultimate meaning and purpose. It is a distinguished literary achievement of postwar Liberia and contemporary Africa.
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