Overview
Region
West Africa
Cote d'Ivoire
Era
Contemporary
Language
French
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
A griot narrates the fictional dictator Koyaga's rise from village hunter to president-for-life in a thinly veiled West African republic, weaving real atrocities of the independence era into satirical mythology.
Literary Significance
Kourouma is the most internationally celebrated Ivorian writer; this won the Prix du Livre Inter