In a novel by this author, a laborer is put on trial for Ginette’s murder after she publishes his award-winning novel about the slave ship Sirius under her name. One of this author’s characters flaunts his status by having his Mercedes washed with his preferred beverage of imported mineral water. In a novel by this author, a prized ram is killed for eating rice intended for inhabitants of the compound N’Diayène (“un-d’yah-YEN”). A novel by this author ends as beggars spit on the naked businessman El Hadji, (10[1])who had been cursed (-5[1])with impotence (10[1])upon marrying his (-5[1])third wife. (10[1])Women depart from Thiès (“tee-YESS”) for a three-day march (10[1])at the climax of a novel by this author in which Ibrahim Bakayoko (10[1])leads a strike (10[1])of workers on the Dakar–Niger Railway. For 10 points, the novels Xala (“KHAH-lah”) and God’s Bits of Wood (10[3])are by (10[1])what Senegalese (-5[1])author (10[1])who adapted many of his works to film? ■END■ (10[6]0[5])