{"product_id":"amkoullel-the-fula-boy-paperback","title":"Amkoullel, the Fula Boy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmadou Hampâté Bâ\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1900 in French West Africa, Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ was one of the towering figures in the literature of twentieth-century Francophone Africa. In \u003ci\u003eAmkoullel, the Fula Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Bâ tells in striking detail the story of his youth, which was set against the aftermath of war between the Fula and Toucouleur peoples and the installation of French colonialism. A master storyteller, Bâ recounts pivotal moments of his life, and the lives of his powerful and large family, from his first encounter with the white commandant through the torturous imprisonment of his stepfather and to his forced attendance at French school. He also charts a larger story of life prior to and at the height of French colonialism: interethnic conflicts, the clash between colonial schools and Islamic education, and the central role indigenous African intermediaries and interpreters played in the functioning of the colonial administration. Engrossing and novelistic, \u003ci\u003eAmkoullel, the Fula Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is an unparalleled rendering of an individual and society under transition as they face the upheavals of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmadou Hampâté Bâ (1900-1991) was one of the major intellectual and literary figures of twentieth-century Africa as well as a colonial official and postcolonial diplomat. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunes of Wangrin\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous books in French. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jeanne Garane is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45664781566054,"sku":"9781478014188","price":59.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/QzFycGJtZDNrTkVVbWJkbWlCMXFWdz09.webp?v=1779904226","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/amkoullel-the-fula-boy-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}