The Lieutenant of Kouta

The Lieutenant of Kouta
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Publisher : MSU Press
Total Pages : 146
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ISBN-10 : 9781628952834
ISBN-13 : 1628952830
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Book Synopsis The Lieutenant of Kouta by : Massa Makan Diabaté

Download or read book The Lieutenant of Kouta written by Massa Makan Diabaté and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lieutenant of Kouta is the first novel in Massa Makan Diabaté’s award-winning trilogy. Featuring an introduction by leading Diabaté scholar Cheick M. Chérif Keïta and Shane Auerbach, it tells the story, part tragicomic and part hagiographic, of an African lieutenant in the French Army who returns as a decorated hero from the battlefields of Europe to Kouta, a fictionalized version of the author’s own birthplace, the Malian town of Kita. Upon his return, Siriman Keita finds it difficult to adjust to village life as he navigates traditional customs in his attempts to create his place in the predominantly Muslim Kouta. The novel offers a rich and nuanced representation of Mali on the brink of independence; it is a tapestry of traditional Mandinka society and the French colonial apparatus, illustrating the dynamic interplay between the two. This text is, ultimately, a story of one man’s transformation coinciding with that of his country.


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