West Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Post-colonial
French
Fiction
Former Malinke king Fama is stripped of his power and dignity after independence, wandering through a post-colonial Africa that has betrayed its people. Kourouma revolutionized French prose with African syntax.
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Revolutionary formal experiment — bending French prose to Malinke syntax; one of the most important francophone African novels
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editorial-summarynot primary textFormer Malinke king Fama is stripped of his power and dignity after independence, wandering through a post-colonial Africa that has betrayed its people. Kourouma revolutionized French prose with African syntax. Revolutionary formal experiment — bending French prose to Malinke syntax; one of the most important francophone African novels
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