Les Bouts de bois de Dieu
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Les Bouts de bois de Dieu is a landmark 1960 novel by Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène that depicts a historic railroad workers’ strike in French West Africa and is celebrated as a classic of African literature and anti-colonial resistance.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les Bouts de bois de Dieu canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu Context triple: [Ousmane Sembène, notableWork, Les Bouts de bois de Dieu]
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Les Bois
Les Bois is a small municipality and village in the Franches-Montagnes district of the Swiss canton of Jura, known for its rural setting and watchmaking tradition.
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B.
Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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C.
The Wood
"The Wood" is a 1999 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows three lifelong friends in Inglewood, California, as they reminisce about their youth on the day of one friend's wedding.
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D.
La Basoche
La Basoche is an opéra-comique by André Messager, first performed in 1890 and known for its lively score and humorous depiction of medieval Parisian law clerks.
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E.
De Gautet
De Gautet is a fictional henchman and ally of Duke Michael of Strelsau in Anthony Hope’s adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu Target entity description: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu is a landmark 1960 novel by Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène that depicts a historic railroad workers’ strike in French West Africa and is celebrated as a classic of African literature and anti-colonial resistance.
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A.
Les Bois
Les Bois is a small municipality and village in the Franches-Montagnes district of the Swiss canton of Jura, known for its rural setting and watchmaking tradition.
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B.
Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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C.
The Wood
"The Wood" is a 1999 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows three lifelong friends in Inglewood, California, as they reminisce about their youth on the day of one friend's wedding.
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D.
La Basoche
La Basoche is an opéra-comique by André Messager, first performed in 1890 and known for its lively score and humorous depiction of medieval Parisian law clerks.
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E.
De Gautet
De Gautet is a fictional henchman and ally of Duke Michael of Strelsau in Anthony Hope’s adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
class struggle
ⓘ
collective action and sacrifice ⓘ |
| author | Ousmane Sembène ⓘ |
| basedOn | 1947–1948 Dakar–Niger railway strike ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Senegal ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered a masterpiece of African fiction
ⓘ
widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
relations between African workers and French administrators
ⓘ
urban and rural West African communities ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | God’s Bits of Wood ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-colonial literature
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ social realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bakayoko
ⓘ
Dejean ⓘ N’Deye Touti ⓘ Penda ⓘ Ramatoulaye ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influenced | postcolonial African writers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African literature
ⓘ
Negritude-adjacent literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
French colonialism in West Africa
ⓘ
anti-colonial resistance ⓘ labor struggle ⓘ railroad workers’ strike ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic status in African literature
ⓘ
collective portrait of African workers ⓘ critique of French colonial rule ⓘ depiction of a historic railroad strike ⓘ strong female characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| portrays |
Islam and traditional beliefs in West Africa
ⓘ
gender roles in African societies ⓘ racial inequality under colonialism ⓘ trade union organizing ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Présence Africaine ⓘ |
| region | West African literature ⓘ |
| setting |
Dakar–Niger railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Bamako–Dakar Railway
French West Africa ⓘ |
| structure | multi-perspective narrative ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1947–1948 ⓘ |
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Subject: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu Description of subject: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu is a landmark 1960 novel by Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène that depicts a historic railroad workers’ strike in French West Africa and is celebrated as a classic of African literature and anti-colonial resistance.
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