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Allah Is Not Obliged

Allah Is Not Obliged

Author(s): Ahmadou Kourouma

Location(s): Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Liberia

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1990s

Birahima’s story is one of horror and laughter. 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. He tells of the chaotic and terrible adventures that follow in his career as a small soldier with heartbreaking bravado and wisdom.

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