Yambo Ouologuem was a Malian writer born into an aristocratic family. His poetry has been anthologized in Poems of Black Africa, edited by Wole Soyinka, and The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry, edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. Met with critical acclaim in France, Ouologuem won the Renaudot Prize for his debut novel, Bound to Violence. He died in 2017.
Foisonnante et tragique fresque s'étendant du XIIIe au XXe siècle, Le Devoir de violence raconte le destin de l'empire imaginaire de Nakem et de la dynastie des Saïf qui y règnent en maîtres retors. À travers elle, c'est l'histoire méconnue de l'Afrique qui nous est livrée de l'intérieur....
Más información
