Ahmadou Kourouma

Ahmadou Kourouma, (November 241927 – December 11, 2003) was an Ivorian novelist.

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The eldest son of a distinguished Malink? family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in C?te d'Ivoire. He was forced to leave the country in 1963, after false accusations of conspiracy. Determined to speak out against the betrayal of legitimate African aspirations at the dawn of independence, Kourouma was drawn into an experiment in fiction, his first novel, Le soleil des ind?pendances (The Suns of Independence, 1970).

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In France, each of Ahmadou Kourouma's novels has been greeted with great acclaim, sold exceptionally well, and been showered with prizes including Prix Renaudot in year 2000. In the English-speaking world, Kourouma has yet to make much of an impression: despite some positive reviews, he remains largely unknown outside college classes in African fiction.

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