Les Soleils des indépendances

Les Soleils des indépendances (The Suns of Independence) is the first novel by Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma. It won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1969.

Les Soleils des indépendances
First edition
CountryCôte d'Ivoire
LanguageFrench
GenreNovel
PublisherPresses de l'Université de Montréal
Publication date
1968
ISBN2-02-001137-9

The title is a play on words involving the meaning of the Maninka word "télé", which can mean "sun", but also "day", "era" or "period [of time]".

Bibliography
  • Les Soleils des indépendances, Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1968
    • The Suns of Independence, Translator Adrian Adams, Holmes & Meier, 1981, ISBN 978-0-8419-0747-8[1]

References
  1. Book review by Danny Yee


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