Allah n'est pas obligé

Ahmadou Kourouma

Publié par Seuil

Résumé

ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED TO BE FAIR ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE DOES HERE ON EARTH.These are the words of the boy soldier Birahima in the final masterpiece by one of Africa’s most celebrated writers, Ahmadou Kourouma. When ten-year-old Birahima's mother dies, he leaves his native village in the Ivory Coast, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima is given a Kalashnikov, minimal rations of food, a small supply of dope and a tiny wage. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity. Raw and unforgettable, despairing yet filled with laughter, Allah Is Not Obliged reveals the ways in which children's innocence and youth are compromised by war.

Les soleils des indépendances ; Monnè, outrages et défis ; en attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages ; Allah n'est pas obligé ; quand on refuse, on dit non

Le forgeron, homme de savoir

Monnè, outrages et défis

Études françaises. Volume 31, numéro 2, automne 1995 - Hommage à Georges-André Vachon

Kourouma

Les soleils des indépendances

En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages - Prix du Livre Inter 1999

En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages - Prix du Livre Inter 1999

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