books by Ahmadou Kourouma     books:       Monne, outrages et defis1 review Ahmadou Kourouma Seuil, 1990 A "Things Fall Apart" for Francophone Africa To draw comparisons with what is surely the greatest African novel (Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart") is to invite trouble, I realize. But Kourouma's epic about the colonial era in French West Africa covers the same territory as Achebe's masterpiece, and is much more sweeping in scope. Where Achebe zeroed in on the critical first months of contact between Africans (Igbo villagers) and ...             Monnew2 reviews Ahmadou Kourouma Mercury House, 1992 The Importance of "Monnew" Kourouma creates a narrative in "Monnew" as complex and compelling as Joyce's "Ulysses." The narrative is divided among an indeterminate number of voices (most likely two or three) and in doing so places the reader among the events in the text. The different narratives conflict, and tell different stories of the same event. The reader is thrown amongst this conflictual narrative equipped, with ...             Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote1 review Ahmadou Kourouma Vintage, 2004 worth the effort It took me a while to get into it, as the style is quite unusual. I found it off-putting at first, but once I got used to it, things flowed. It is a fascinating story, on the surface the life history of an African dictator, full of the expected atrocities, greed, corruption. I assume it is meant to be more globally directed at African dictators in general and gives a frightening perspective on ...             Allah n'est pas obligé1 review Ahmadou Kourouma Seuil, 2002 C-grade work from an A student Ahmadou Kourouma is one of my favorite novelists, and in the rarified world of African literature his works stand out as gems. This work received plenty of critical acclaim in the French and francophone African media, and won a major literary prize. "Allah N'est Pas Oblige" is a very stark tale, told in the form of a first-person narrative by a West African child soldier recounting the horrors ...             Allah is Not Obliged1 review Ahmadou Kourouma Anchor, 2007 Hard to read, important information (This edition originally published in U.K. in 2006) Birahama, a young Malinke tribal boy of West Africa, narrates this fascinating, amusing and horrific novel. When his disabled mother dies, his grandmother sends him with a shaman/con artist to live with his aunt in Liberia. While on the way to find her, they meet up with rebel armies and Birahama becomes a child-soldier. During his travails, ...             Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from ...3 reviews Ahmadou Kourouma University of Virginia Press, 2001 A Political Parable of Postcolonial Africa This 1998 work by French-speaking Africa's premier novelist is a vehemently outspoken satire of despotic and corrupt African regimes from the 1960s to the 1990s. It's the life story of Koyaga, dictator and "founding father" of the fictitious West African state called the Republique du Golfe. Koyaga's history is recounted over the course of a "donsomana," a six-night storytelling by a hunters' ...             The Suns of Independence2 reviews Ahmadou Kourouma Univ of Michigan Pr, 1994 A classic novel of post-colonial Africa This is an excellent novel that poses some tough questions. What future awaits African nations? Are African peoples doomed to corruption and oblivion by their unfortunate encounters with European colonization? Is it possible for ancient tradition to coexist with modern values? The answers, according to Kourouma, appear none too optimistic. His hero, Fama Dumbuya, stubbornly resists ...             Les Soleils des Independances1 review Ahmadou Kourouma French & European Pubns, 1990 A classic novel of post-colonial Africa This book's title, "Les Soleils des Independences," is French for "the suns of the independences," which doesn't make much sense on the surface. The true meaning might be initially hidden from the reader, but it becomes clear as Kourouma's narrative progresses. This is a story about Africa's post-colonial era, its excesses and abuses, as experienced by one African man, Fama Doumbouya, in the ...             En Attendant Le Vote Des Betes Sauvages1 review Ahmadou Kourouma Editions du Seuil, 1999 Political Parable of Postcolonial Africa This 1998 work by French-speaking Africa's premier novelist is a vehemently outspoken satire of despotic and corrupt African regimes from the 1960s to the 1990s. It's the life story of Koyaga, dictator and "founding father" of the fictitious West African state called the Republique du Golfe. Koyaga's history is recounted over the course of a "donsomana," a six-night storytelling by a hunters' ...             Désir d'Afrique Boniface Mongo-Mboussa, Ahmadou Kourouma Gallimard, 2001             Der letzte Fürst Ahmadou Kourouma Peter Hammer Verlag GmbH, 2004             Die Nächte des großen Jägers. Ahmadou Kourouma Unionsverlag, 2002             Allah N'Est Pas Oblige (Roman) Ahmadou Kourouma Editions Du Seuil: Paris, 2000             Le diseur de verite: Piece en 4 actes (Scenes sur scenes) Ahmadou Kourouma Acoria, 1998             Allah muss nicht gerecht sein. Ahmadou Kourouma Goldmann Wilhelm GmbH, 2004              search for books african, afrique, animals, attendant, beasts, caribbean, diseur, désir, french, fürst, gerecht, großen, independances, independence, jägers, letzte, literature, monnew, nächte, oblige, obliged, obligé, outrages, roman, sauvages, scenes, soleils, translated, verite, waiting books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Guarding Eddy we recommend The Importance of "Monnew" home  impressum - about us