The Lieutenant of Kouta
(Part of the African Humanities and the Arts (AHA) Series)
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The Lieutenant of Kouta is the first novel in Massa Makan Diabat 's award-winning trilogy. Featuring an introduction by leading Diabat scholar Cheick M. Ch rif Ke ta 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1611862272
ISBN13:9781611862270
Release Date:February 2017
Publisher:Michigan State University Press
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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