Kourouma, Ahmadou

Kourouma, Ahmadou
▪ 2004

      Ivorian novelist and playwright (b. November 1927, Boundiali, French West Africa [now in Côte d'Ivoire]—d. Dec. 11, 2003, Lyon, France), wrote in a form of French that scandalized the establishment and affected French colonial policies. His first novel, Les Soleils des indépendances (1968; The Suns of Independence, 1981) was published first in Canada, having been rejected by French publishers. In it, as in the books and plays that followed, Kourouma satirized African politics and otherwise commented on postcolonial life. As a result of his writing, he spent much of his life in exile. He was probably the best-known Francophone African writer in France and was sometimes referred to as the “African Voltaire.”

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▪ Ivorian author
born , November 1927, Boundiali, French West Africa [now Côte d'Ivoire]
died December 11, 2003, Lyon, France

      Ivorian novelist and playwright who wrote in a form of French that scandalized the establishment and affected French colonial policies.

      Kourouma spent his early years in Guinea and attended secondary school in Bamako, Mali, until he was expelled and was drafted into the army by the French. He was sent to Indochina and served in Saigon. Later he continued his education at Lyon, France, became an actuary in Algiers, and entered an insurance and banking career in France and Cameroon.

      His first novel, Les Soleils des indépendances (1968; The Suns of Independence), satirized contemporary African politics. Narrated in a French flavoured with pungent Malinke folk aphorisms, the story follows the last of a line of tribal princes as he is mistreated by French colonial as well as postindependence African authorities. The work was published first in Canada, having been rejected by French publishers. In it—as in the books and plays that followed, including the play Tougnantigui; ou, le diseur de vérité (“Tougnantigui; or, The Truth Teller”), the novel En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages (1998; Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote), and Allah n'est pas obligé (2000; Allah Is Not Obliged)—Kourouma satirized African politics and otherwise commented on postcolonial life. As a result of his writing, he spent much of his life in exile. He was probably the best-known Francophone African writer in France and was sometimes referred to as the "African Voltaire."

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