Bøger af Ahmadou Kourouma

Since its publication, Ahmadou Kourouma's award winning novel, The Suns of Independence, has established itself as one of the great classics of Francophone African literature, capturing the dreams and struggles of a newly independent nation.Fama is the last of an ancient line of Dumbuya princes who, before the European conquest, reigned undisputed over the Malinke tribe. Yet even when his country finally wins their independence, Fama is forced to beg for his place amongst the bureaucratic elite. Meanwhile, his wife, Salimata, is desperately attempting to overcome her past trauma and save the Dumbuya legacy from extinction.Beyond the gripping political intrigue, Ahmadou Kourouma weaves together an in-depth tapestry of Malinke life, blending the everyday of 1960s postcolonial survival with age-old myths and traditions.'Perhaps the most remarkable African novelist writing in French.' Guardian

ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED TO BE FAIR ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE DOES HERE ON EARTH.These are the words of the boy soldier Birahima in the final masterpiece by one of Africa's most celebrated writers, Ahmadou Kourouma. When ten-year-old Birahima's mother dies, he leaves his native village in the Ivory Coast, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima is given a Kalashnikov, minimal rations of food, a small supply of dope and a tiny wage. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity. Raw and unforgettable, despairing yet filled with laughter, Allah Is Not Obliged reveals the ways in which children's innocence and youth are compromised by war.

This translation introduces English-language audiences to Kourouma's irreverent view of the machinations of the African dictators who played the West against the East during the 30 years of the cold war.

'The full, final and completely complete title of my bullshit story is: Allah is not obliged to be fair about all things he does here on earth'Birahima's story is one of horror and laughter.

But when the 'First World' decides it no longer want to support dictatorships and call for democracy, he needs another ruse to maintain himself in power... Part magic, part history, part savage satire, Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote is nothing less than a history of post-colonial Africa itself.