West Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Post-colonial
French
Fiction
Alternative edition note — Kourouma's novel about the deposed Malinke king Fama, whose world was destroyed by independence. Published first in Canada, then France after initial rejection.
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Kourouma was rejected by French publishers for 'bad French' — his African syntax was revolutionary, not incorrect
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editorial-summarynot primary textAlternative edition note — Kourouma's novel about the deposed Malinke king Fama, whose world was destroyed by independence. Published first in Canada, then France after initial rejection. Kourouma was rejected by French publishers for 'bad French' — his African syntax was revolutionary, not incorrect
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