In Amkoullel, the Fula Boy, Malian writer Amadou Hampate Ba-one of the towering figures in the literature of twentieth-century Francophone Africa-tells in striking detail the story of his youth, which was set against inter-ethnic conflict and the arrival and installation of French colonialism.
In Amkoullel, the Fula Boy, Malian writer Amadou Hampate Ba-one of the towering figures in the literature of twentieth-century Francophone Africa-tells in striking detail the story of his youth, which was set against inter-ethnic conflict and the arrival and installation of French colonialism.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Amadou 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 The Fortunes of Wangrin and numerous books in French. Jeanne Garane is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina.
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Foreword to the Translation / Ralph A. Austen ix Introduction: Between Memory and Memorial / Jeanne Garane xv Amkoullel, The Fula Boy Preface to the Original Edition / Théodore Monod 3 Author's Foreword / Amadou Hampâté Bâ 7 1. Roots 1 My Dual Heritage 11 Pâté Poullo, My Maternal Grandfather 15 The Story of My Father Hampâté, the Lamb in the Lion's Den 20 2. Kadidja, My Mother 39 Kadidja's Dream 39 Kadidja and Hampâté: A Rocky Marriage 42 Kadidja and Tidjani 45 The Toïni Revolt 49 Kadidja's Quest 64 The Trial 79 3. Exile 83 Tidjani's Long March 85 Kadidja's Village 87 On the Road to Bougouni with My Mother 98 Kadidja Battle the Boss of the Laptot Boatmen 100 Birth of My Little Brother 105 My Father in Chains 111 An Ember That Does Not Burn 115 Death of My Early Childhood 121 Danfo Siné the Dan Player 124 Death of My Old Master 127 In the Shade of Great Trees 136 Freedom at Last! 137 4. Return to Bandiagara 142 A Day in the Life of a Child 145 The White Man's Excrement and the Town Made of Trash 149 I Establish My First Association 153 A Handful of Rice 156 At School with the Masters of the World 159 Sinali's Garden 161 Boy and Girl Valentines 168 Kadidja and Tidjani in Crisis 173 Circumcision of My Brother Hammadoun 176 The Great Battle 185 5. At the White Man's School 194 Requisitioned by Force 194 The Commandant and the Five-Franc Coin 202 Primary School 209 My First Encounter with Wangrin 218 The Death of My Older Brother 220 The School at Djenné: My Primary Studies Certificate 223 The Great Famine of 1914: A Vision of Horror 234 Declaration of War 241 Flight 251 On The Trail of the War Dogs 256 The Three Colors of France 259 The Land-Roving Pirogue of Metal 264 The Abysmal Lair of the Great Black Hyena 266 6. In the Military of Town of Kati 270 My New Waaldé Association 274 A Hasty Circumcision 278 Return to School 281 The Warrant Officer and the King's Son 282 7. Final Studies in Bamako 296 My Second Primary Studies Certificate 296 In Vain Pursuit of the Wind 299 Boarding School in Bamako 311 The Consequences of a Refusal: Exile in Ouagadougou 317 I Bid Farewell on the Riverbank 326 Translator's Acknowledgments 329 Notes 331 Bibliography 345 Biographies 351 Index 353
Foreword to the Translation / Ralph A. Austen ix Introduction: Between Memory and Memorial / Jeanne Garane xv Amkoullel, The Fula Boy Preface to the Original Edition / Théodore Monod 3 Author's Foreword / Amadou Hampâté Bâ 7 1. Roots 1 My Dual Heritage 11 Pâté Poullo, My Maternal Grandfather 15 The Story of My Father Hampâté, the Lamb in the Lion's Den 20 2. Kadidja, My Mother 39 Kadidja's Dream 39 Kadidja and Hampâté: A Rocky Marriage 42 Kadidja and Tidjani 45 The Toïni Revolt 49 Kadidja's Quest 64 The Trial 79 3. Exile 83 Tidjani's Long March 85 Kadidja's Village 87 On the Road to Bougouni with My Mother 98 Kadidja Battle the Boss of the Laptot Boatmen 100 Birth of My Little Brother 105 My Father in Chains 111 An Ember That Does Not Burn 115 Death of My Early Childhood 121 Danfo Siné the Dan Player 124 Death of My Old Master 127 In the Shade of Great Trees 136 Freedom at Last! 137 4. Return to Bandiagara 142 A Day in the Life of a Child 145 The White Man's Excrement and the Town Made of Trash 149 I Establish My First Association 153 A Handful of Rice 156 At School with the Masters of the World 159 Sinali's Garden 161 Boy and Girl Valentines 168 Kadidja and Tidjani in Crisis 173 Circumcision of My Brother Hammadoun 176 The Great Battle 185 5. At the White Man's School 194 Requisitioned by Force 194 The Commandant and the Five-Franc Coin 202 Primary School 209 My First Encounter with Wangrin 218 The Death of My Older Brother 220 The School at Djenné: My Primary Studies Certificate 223 The Great Famine of 1914: A Vision of Horror 234 Declaration of War 241 Flight 251 On The Trail of the War Dogs 256 The Three Colors of France 259 The Land-Roving Pirogue of Metal 264 The Abysmal Lair of the Great Black Hyena 266 6. In the Military of Town of Kati 270 My New Waaldé Association 274 A Hasty Circumcision 278 Return to School 281 The Warrant Officer and the King's Son 282 7. Final Studies in Bamako 296 My Second Primary Studies Certificate 296 In Vain Pursuit of the Wind 299 Boarding School in Bamako 311 The Consequences of a Refusal: Exile in Ouagadougou 317 I Bid Farewell on the Riverbank 326 Translator's Acknowledgments 329 Notes 331 Bibliography 345 Biographies 351 Index 353
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