Ahmadou Kourouma
Ivorian novelist who revolutionized French-language African fiction by embedding Mande oral rhetoric into French prose. The Suns of Independence is his masterwork, a dark comedy of postcolonial disillusionment.
Works
- The Suns of IndependenceNovel of independence and postcolonial disillusionment in West African nation
- Monne: Outrages and ChallengesEpic narrative of colonial resistance and cultural preservation in Guinea
- Waiting for the Vote of the Wild AnimalsSatirical novel about animals voting for a new leader in African nation
- Allah Is Not ObligedComing-of-age narrative of child soldier in West African civil conflict
- Waiting for the Wild Beasts to VoteSatirical novel about animals voting for a new leader in African nation
- Monne Outrages et DefisEpic narrative of colonial resistance and cultural preservation in Guinea