Allah is not obliged to be fair about all things he does here on earth. After his mother's death he travels to Liberia to find his aunt but on the way gets caught up in rebel fighting and ends up with a Kalashnikov in his hands.[...]
Ahmadou Kourouma made the decision to write engaged literature. But is engaging with politics in literature a case of confusing genres? With the passing of time, his first novel has taken on a new patina: it has become a literary occasion in itself, rather than literature for an occasion.[...]