Amadou Hampâté Bâ Amkoullel, the Fula Boy (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Amkoullel, the Fula BoyCondition: NewISBN-10: 1478013273EAN: 9781478013273ISBN: 9781478013273Publisher: Duke University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 08/20/2021Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 680gAuthor: Amadou Hampâté BâTranslator: Jeanne GaraneContributor: Jeanne Garane (Translated by)Genre: BiographyTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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