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Ahmadou Kourouma (24 November 1927 – 11 December 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. [1] [2] Life. The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursued studies in Bamako, Mali.
Ahmadou Kourouma est un écrivain ivoirien d'ethnie malinké. Son nom signifie « guerrier 1 » en langue malinké. Son père est un marchand de noix de kola. Il vit une partie de son enfance à Togobala en Guinée 2. Ce lieu a constitué un des cadres de Les Soleils des indépendances, sa première œuvre.
Ahmadou Kourouma (born November 1927, Boundiali, French West Africa [now Côte d’Ivoire]—died December 11, 2003, Lyon, France) was an Ivorian novelist and playwright who wrote in a form of French that scandalized the establishment and affected French colonial policies.
Dec 11, 2003 · Ahmadou Kourouma, (November 24, 1927 – December 11, 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Côte d'Ivoire. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursued studies in Bamako, Mali.
Feb 12, 2022 · Among the ever-growing Francophone African literary canon, Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma’s The Suns of Independence (FR: Les Soleils des indépendances, published in 1969) stands out for its...
Jun 28, 2024 · Novelist and playwright from Ivory Coast. His personal history encompasses student radicalism, four years spent in Indo‐China as a punishment for ‘subversive’ behaviour during his military service, qualification ... From: Kourouma, Ahmadou in The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French ».
Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Boundiali in the North of the Ivory Coast. After studying in Bamako, he went to Paris and then Lyons, where he qualified as an actuary. He was a soldier during France’s Indo-China war in Saigon.
