Amkoullel, the Fula Boy

Born in 1900 in French West Africa, Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ was one of the towering...
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Author: Amadou Hampâté Bâ
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Language: English
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Amkoullel, the Fula Boy by Bâ, Amadou Hampâté

Amkoullel, the Fula Boy

€65,01

Amkoullel, the Fula Boy

€65,01
Author: Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Born in 1900 in French West Africa, Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ was one of the towering figures in the literature of twentieth-century Francophone Africa. In Amkoullel, the Fula Boy, Bâ tells in striking detail the story of his youth, which was set against the aftermath of war between the Fula and Toucouleur peoples and the installation of French colonialism. A master storyteller, Bâ recounts pivotal moments of his life, and the lives of his powerful and large family, from his first encounter with the white commandant through the torturous imprisonment of his stepfather and to his forced attendance at French school. He also charts a larger story of life prior to and at the height of French colonialism: interethnic conflicts, the clash between colonial schools and Islamic education, and the central role indigenous African intermediaries and interpreters played in the functioning of the colonial administration. Engrossing and novelistic, Amkoullel, the Fula Boy is an unparalleled rendering of an individual and society under transition as they face the upheavals of colonialism.

Author: Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 08/20/2021
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9781478014188


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2022

About the Author
Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900-1991) was one of the major intellectual and literary figures of twentieth-century Africa as well as a colonial official and postcolonial diplomat. He is the author of the novel The Fortunes of Wangrin and numerous books in French.

Jeanne Garane is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina.

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