by Ahmadou Kourouma · Éditions du Seuil · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020146296
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«Monnè, outrages et défis» is the novel by Ahmadou Kourouma, published by Points (Seuil) in paperback (286 pages, in French).
The novel follows Djigui Keita, king of the imaginary kingdom of Soba, who trusts in ancestral magic, in Allah and in his mud walls before the arrival of the French troops. The work is a critical account of colonialism, power and resistance, and of a people's struggle to preserve its identity.
The novel was originally published in 1990 and awarded the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire de l'ADELF. This edition carries the number R513 in the Points collection.
For readers of African literature and those interested in novels about colonialism and resistance.
Ahmadou Kourouma was an Ivorian novelist.
