Suns Of Independence A Novel

Name: Suns Of Independence A Novel
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ISBN: 9780841907478

ISBN-10: 0841907471

ISBN-13: 9780841907478

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ahmadou Kourouma, Adrian Adams

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THE SUNS OF INDEPENDENCE, considered a masterpiece of modern African literature, enables the reader to gain unique insight into African culture and conflicts. Through Fama and Salimata, the husband and wife at the heart of the story, Kourouma conveys the confusion that torments many Africans when a traditional and a later, more materialistic culture collide. The last of the Dumbuya princes who had reigned over the Malinke tribe before the European conquest, Fama seeks a place for himself within the new hierarchy of bureaucrats and border guards. Salimata, haunted by memories of a ritualistic excision and a brutal rape, searches for the means to have a child who will pass on the Dumbuya…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/1981
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.51" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Ahmadou Kourouma was born in the Ivory Coast in 1927. Hailed as one of the leading African writers in French, he died in 2003.