Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-349) and index.
Contents:
Foreword to the translation / Ralph A. Austen -- Introduction: Between memory and memorial / Jeanne Garane -- Preface to the original edition / Theodore Monod -- Author's foreword / Amadou Hampate Ba -- Roots -- Kadidja, my mother -- Exile -- Return to Bandiagara -- At the white man's school -- In the military town of Kati -- Final studies in Bamako.
Summary:
"Amkoullel: The Fula Boy is A.H. Ba's memoir of a childhood in Mali during a period of war and colonial conquest. Ba recounts in vivid detail the story of a youth marked by the aftermath of war between the Fulbe and Toucouleur people and the subsequent arrival and installation of French colonialism. In addition to painting an appealing portrait of Ba as a child and young man, Amkoullel provides vivid descriptions of a traditional society in transition along with precise, historical documentation of a period that forever impacted the course of African history".-- Provided by publisher.
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