Waiting and disenchantment: Kourouma's "Les soleils des indépendances" and Oupoh's "En attendant la liberté"
Like Samuel Beckett's characters in En attendant Godot, the protagonists of Ahmadou Kourouma's Les Soleils des Indépendances and Gnaoulé Oupoh's En Attendant la Liberté wait for something to happen to change their lives. As they wait, they ascribe to the object of waiting an absolute...
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| Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
1987-01-01
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| Series: | Afrika Focus |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/87-3-12-Uwah.pdf |