Alhaji by Ebou Dibba

A teenage boy's refusal to sell his beloved horse to a rich and persistent businessman becomes a lesson in greed, innocence, and the corrupting pull of money. Set against Banjul's beaches and the tourist season, the novel centres on a sixteen-year-old boy whose only real companion is his horse, also named Alhaji. When a wealthy businessman becomes obsessively determined to acquire the animal by any means necessary — including sending a prostitute to distract the boy — the novel unfolds as a portrait of human greed and the precariousness of innocence. Dibba uses the Gambian beach tourism economy as a backdrop to explore what happens when the desires of the affluent collide with the quiet dignity of the poor.

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