· Dossouye: The Dancers of Mulukau. Charles R. Saunders. Sword Soul Media ( pp, $, Paperback, ) Reviewed by Bill Ward. Dossouye: The Dancers of Mulukau will feel a bit like new territory for fans of Charles R. Saunders. Unchanged, of course, is the terrific action and imagination of Saunders, and the fidelity to character and setting — indeed everything there is to love . · DOSSOUYE. By Charles R. Saunders. Sword Soul Media. pages. In , writer Charles Saunders submitted a story entitled Abewe’s Sword to the paperback anthology, AMAZONS, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson and published by DAW books. · Charles R. Saunders, critically acclaimed author of the cult classic Imaro novels, has created yet another heroic-fantasy icon in an Africa of a different place and time. Orphaned at a young age, Dossouye becomes a soldier in the women’s army of the kingdom of Abomey. In a war against the rival kingdom of Abanti, Dossouye saves her people from certain destruction; but a cruel twist of fate .
Charles R. Saunders is one of my favorite writers in the speculative fiction genre, and Abengoni is another example of his brilliance. As with his Imaro and Dossouye series, he displays his rich knowledge of Africa's long history and diverse cultures in constructing his setting, but this time he hybridizes these various traditions into one fictional empire called the Matile Mala. Charles R. Saunders - Dossouye. In Charles R. Saunders's "Gimmile's Songs," who is Dossouye? Dossouye is a female warrior, highly trained, who has apparently left the Abomean army and is traveling on her own. Her partner is.
Morgan Dhu rated it it was amazing. The Dancers of Mulukau, is the second of Charles R. Saunders' books about Dossouye, a woman warrior whose background is based on the history of the women's army of Dahomey (now Benin). [1] Saunders, best known for his Imaro cycle, began writing a short story cycle about Dossouye in the late s; these stories were much later reworked into a novel published in , thanks to the great revival of the "sword and soul" fantasy genre - African. Charles R. Saunders, critically acclaimed author of the cult classic Imaro novels, has created yet another heroic-fantasy icon in an Africa of a different place and time. Orphaned at a young age, Dossouye becomes a soldier in the women’s army of the kingdom of Abomey. In a war against the rival kingdom of Abanti, Dossouye saves her people from certain destruction; but a cruel twist of fate compels her to go into exile. Dossouye is the latest book from Black writer Charles Saunders. Not exactly a novel, it's a collection of short stories and novellas, some of which have been published before. Saunders is best known for his books and tales about Imaro, the African hero who wonders across the mythical land of Cush.
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