• Ahmadou Kourouma (24 November 1927 – 11 December 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was...
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  • The Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma is a Swiss literary prize in French language literature created in 2004, awarded annually by the Geneva International Book and...
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  • Guinean footballer Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003), Ivorian novelist Ahmadou Lamine Ndiaye (born 1937), Senegalese scientist Ahmadou Eboa Ngomna (born 1983)...
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  • Abdoulaye Kourouma, Guinean politician Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003), Ivorian novelist Dansa Kourouma (born 1980), Guinean politician Lamine Kourouma (born...
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  • 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. The title...
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    province of Rwanda. In 2012, She won the prix Renaudot and the prix Ahmadou-Kourouma for her book Our Lady of the Nile. In addition to being a finalist...
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    littéraire d'Afrique noire, the Prix Les Afriques [fr] and the Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma. Her novels have been translated into Dutch and English. Boum was born...
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  • Boualem Sansal, Frédéric Beigbeder and the late Ivoirian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma. He has twice jointly won the International Dublin Literary Award:...
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    control of Islamist jihadi militias. In 2015, it received the Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma at the Salon du livre of Geneva. It was also awarded the 2015 Grand...
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    writer. She won the 2016 Prix François Augiéras. She won the 2023 Prix Ahmadou Kourouma. Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was born and grew up in Butare. She survived...
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  • sauvages) is a satirical French-language novel by the Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma, published in 1998. It was first translated as Waiting for the Vote...
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    Koné, Ivorian footballer Moussa Koné Tiassé Koné, Ivorian footballer Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire president since 2010[update][needs...
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  • 2021. The French version won the Grand prix du roman métis and Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma in 2015. Nelson, Caleb Azumah (6 July 2021). "Debut Novels by Jesse...
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  • Jonker (South Africa) Jonathan Kariara (Kenya) Susan Kiguli (Uganda) Ahmadou Kourouma (Ivory Coast) Antjie Krog (South Africa) Mumbi Macharia (Kenya) Jack...
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  • Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1927 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian-French author and playwright (d. 2003) 1927 – Alfredo Kraus...
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  • Monnè, outrages et defis is a novel by Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma. It was first published in 1990 by Éditions du Seuil in its original language. In...
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  • Prix Patrimoines 2018 Globe de Cristal Award for best novel 2019 Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma 2019 Prix des lecteurs lycéens de l'Escale du livre 2019 Strega Europe...
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    from Hercules and the Wagoner. In a novel by the Ivorian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma, "proverbs are used to conclude each chapter". Proverbs have also been...
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  • Indian historian, publisher and author (born 1921) December 11 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (born 1927) December 12 – Fadwa Toukan, Palestinian...
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    2002 until 2011) she self-exiled to France. In 2005, she received the Ahmadou Kourouma Prize for her novel Matins de couvre-feu (Mornings after curfew). In...
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  • crowning glory of Ngũgĩ's life's work. He has done for East Africa what Ahmadou Kourouma's Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote did for West Africa: He has turned...
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  • Tiken Jah Fakoly, singer Gauz, photographer Emile Guebehi, sculptor Ahmadou Kourouma, novelist Laetitia Ky, artist Mathile Moraeau, painter Valérie Oka...
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  • lawyer and politician, first Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930) 2003 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author and playwright (b. 1927) 2004 – José Luis Cuciuffo...
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    Students' Prix Goncourt for the novel. He also won the Swiss Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma. Frère d'âme was published in English translation in November 2020...
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    Rwanda, dix ans après le génocide. Aube: La Tour d'Aigues. 2004 Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma · 2004 Prix Ville du Cannet Mujawayo, Esther; Belhaddad, Souâd (2006)...
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  • (1932–2003). See also Benin, Senegal and Togo Fatou Keïta (born 1965) Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003) Werewere-Liking Gnepo (born 1950). See also Cameroon Véronique...
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    Diallo, author of children's stories was born here in 1967. Writer Ahmadou Kourouma was born in Boundiali. Korhogo to the east. Odienné to the west. Tingréla...
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  • 1999 Jean-Marie Laclavetine Première Ligne [fr] Gallimard (2) 2000 Ahmadou Kourouma Allah n'est pas obligé [fr] Seuil (2) Also prix Renaudot 2001 Shan...
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    L'Enfant léopard, Daniel Picouly (Grasset) 2000: Allah n'est pas obligé, Ahmadou Kourouma (Le Seuil) 2001: Céleste, Martine Le Coz (Editions du Rocher) 2002:...
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  • has performed in over forty plays, including texts by Marie N'Diaye, Ahmadou Kourouma, Catherine Anne and Philippe Blasband. She organizes the Horlonge du...
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