Summary and Analysis of God’s Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

In 1947, Ousmane returned to Senegal and took active part in the railroad strike which later formed the thematic thrust of Les bouts de bois de Dieu or Good’s Bits of Wood under review. Although he spent time employed as a dock worker and a sharp shooter for the French military in World War II, when Sembene Ousmane began his career as a writer, he was self-taught. Perhaps Ousmane’s lack of formal education has also been a lack of formal indoctrination, allowing him to form his own ideology and career goals that have set him apart from his contemporaries.