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Les Soleils des indpendances
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Wikipedia article
'Les Soleils des indpendances' ('The Suns of Independence') is the first novel by Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma. It won the Grand prix littraire d'Afrique noire in 1969.
The title is a play on words involving the meaning of the Maninka word "tl", which can mean "sun", but also "day", "era" or "period [of time]".
Bibliography
*'Les Soleils des indpendances', Presses de l'Universit de Montral, 1968
**'The Suns of Independence', Translator Adrian Adams, Holmes & Meier, 1981, [http://dannyreviews.com/h/Suns_Independence.html Book review by Danny Yee]
References
Category:Ivorian novels
Category:1968 novels
Category:French-language novels
Category:Grand prix littraire d'Afrique noire winners
Category:1968 debut novels
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