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''''' ("The Lieutenant of Kouta") is a 1979 novel by prize-winningDiabaté won the ' for Janjon in 1971. Malian author Massa Makan Diabaté. Loosely based on the author's hometown of Kita, Mali,McGuire, James R. "Narrating Mande Heroism in the Malian Read More..

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Description	''''' ("The Lieutenant of Kouta") is a 1979 novel by prize-winningDiabaté won the ' for Janjon in 1971. Malian author Massa Makan Diabaté. Loosely based on the author's hometown of Kita, Mali,McGuire, James R. "Narrating Mande Heroism in the Malian novel: Negotiating Postcolonial Identity in Diabaté's Le boucher de Kouta. Research in African Literatures 24.3 (1993): 35-57. p. 49. the novel tells the story of a recently returned lieutenant from the French Colonial Army, Siriman Keita, and his struggle to adjust to his village's changing customs. It is the first book in Diabaté's "Kouta trilogy," followed by ' ("The Barber of Kouta," 1980) and '' ("The Butcher of Kouta," 1982), which feature many of the same characters.
Description	''''' ("The Lieutenant of Kouta") is a 1979 novel by prize-winningDiabaté won the ' for Janjon in 1971. Malian author Massa Makan Diabaté. Loosely based on the author's hometown of Kita, Mali,McGuire, James R. "Narrating Mande Heroism in the Malian novel: Negotiating Postcolonial Identity in Diabaté's Le boucher de Kouta. Research in African Literatures 24.3 (1993): 35-57. p. 49. the novel tells the story of a recently returned lieutenant from the French Colonial Army, Siriman Keita, and his struggle to adjust to his village's changing customs. It is the first book in Diabaté's "Kouta trilogy," followed by ' ("The Barber of Kouta," 1980) and '' ("The Butcher of Kouta," 1982), which feature many of the same characters.

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Name	Le lieutenant de Kouta
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Authors	Massa Makan Diabaté
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Genre	Novel
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Language	French
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Country	Mali
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