God's Bits of Wood
Importance of Dakar
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This port city on the west coast of Africa is now the capital of Senegal. At the time in which the novel is set, it was a key economic and political center of governance for French West Africa. The fact that the women and strikers march to Dakar was, therefore, a significant demonstration of courage and power aimed directly at an equally significant source of oppression and control.