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The xala had, over several weeks, become a topic of general conversation. El Hadji had consulted numerous facc-katt healers who had given him various ointments, liquids to drink, and charms. He was also pressed to slit the throat of a red rooster.
The xala reveals El Hadji’s nature most fully. To him, sexual prowess is the essence of life. ... and as word of the xala spreads, El Hadji becomes more and more comical in his inability to deal ...
In order to reclaim their dignity, the beggars tell El Hadji that he must strip naked and allow them all to take a turn to spit on him. Only then will their leader take away El Hadji's xala. El Hadji's family pushes back against the crowd, but some members of the crowd force Rama and Adja to submit by beating them.
- Ousmane Sembène
Modu took El Hadji to his boss’s import-export shop, which specialized in the sale of grain. In the days that followed, El Hadji went to various shamans and consumed numerous aphrodisiacs to restore his lost erection. During a visit to a seer, El Hadji learned that the xala had been caused by someone close to him. This led him to suspect both ...
Day 3 Xala Lesson Plan Discussion of Thought Questions. 1. Why does El Hadji feel like an outsider in Sereen Mada’s community, and how does he cope with his discomfort? What kinds of literary tools does the author use to make us aware of El Hadji’s internal experience in this scene?
Xala Summary. The story begins with a meeting of a group of Senegalese businessmen who celebrate their independence from the colonial powers. One of the men, El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye ("El Hadji"), has invited the others to his wedding party later that day. This wedding is to be his third, earning El Hadji the traditional distinction of ...
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Important Quotes. “El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye was what one might call a synthesis of two cultures: business had drawn him into the European middle class after a feudal African education. Like his peers, he made skilful [sic] use of his dual background, for their fusion was not complete.”. The narrator is introducing El Hadji, the novel’s ...
