| The Children of Segu | |
| Title Orig: | Ségou: la terre en miettes |
| Translator: | Linda Coverdale |
| Author: | Maryse Condé |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Éditions Robert Laffont |
| Release Date: | 11 January 1985 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded By: | Segu: A Novel |
The Children of Segu (French: '''Ségou: la terre en miettes''', lit. Segu: The Earth in Pieces) is a French sequel to Maryse Condé's 1984 historical fiction Segu.[1] The novel follows the 19th-century tribal wars, Islamic conquests and French occupation of the African kingdom, focusing on the Traore family's further history and kins.[2] [3]