Allah is Not Obliged
By (author): "Ahmadou Kourouma"
Publish Date:
August 12th 2000
ISBN0434009571
ISBN139780434009572
AsinAllah is Not Obliged
Original titleAllah n'est pas obligé
When Birahima's mother dies, he leaves his native village to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, he is seized by a rebel force and press-ganged into military service. Fighting in a chaotic civil war, he sees death, torture, amputation and madness, but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.