Waiting and disenchantment: Kourouma's "Les soleils des indépendances" and Oupoh's "En attendant la liberté"

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: G. O. Uwah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 1987-01-01
Series:Afrika Focus
Subjects:
West Africa
Kourouma
Literature
Motives
Oupoh
Online Access:http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/87-3-12-Uwah.pdf

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