▽GradeSaver: Literature Study Guides, Application Editing Services, Essays, Writing Help ●02/11 03:42 The Dark Child (The African Child) Camara LayeCamara Laye's The Dark Child is a 1953 French-language memoir about the author's childhood in Guinea. The son of a protective mother and a mystical-minded blacksmith and goldsmith father, Laye writes with affection about Malinke-Muslim traditions...Eileen Ottessa MoshfeghThe Scarlet Letter Nathaniel HawthorneChristopher Columbus: Journal and Select