Camara Laye

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 21, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 31, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: Blackpast.org - Biography of Camara Laye.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 16, 2016
	Added new Web site: Biography of Camara Laye (1928-1980).	Gloria Lotha	Jul 07, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998