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Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
Category: Fiction
Birahima is ten years old. He lives in the Ivory Coast. He is a soldier. In Ahmadou Kourouma's extraordinary novel, Birahima tells his story. At the age of ten his mother dies, and Birahima leaves his native village, accompanied by the sorcerer/crook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the b ...Show more
Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kourouma
Category: Fiction
he author was born on the Ivory Coast, leaving to serve in the French colonial army in Indo China, and to study in France. He returned home, left, and finally returned for good in 1993. The winner of many French fiction awards, this is one of his four novels. "A witty and authentic chronicle of black ...Show more
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