<p>Allah Is Not Obliged is Ahmadou Kourouma second novel and won the Prix Renaudot and The Prix Goncourt des Lyceens when it was published in 2000. It's the story of Birima, 12 years old , orphan searching for his aunt across African countries and forced to become a child soldier. </p>

Allah Is Not Obliged is Ahmadou Kourouma second novel and won the Prix Renaudot and The Prix Goncourt des Lyceens when it was published in 2000. It's the story of Birima, 12 years old , orphan searching for his aunt across African countries and forced to become a child soldier.

Ahmadou Kourouma

Black Canon, like a shot across the bow, is a literally show that showcases writers from the African diaspora, the beauty and pain in their work, their struggles,, in a tentative to bring African literature back to America and restore a glory lost due to centuries of migrations.

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