Yambo Ouologuem, la mauvaise conscience des lettres

He lived in retirement already for many years and now he has passed away in the village of Sévaré in Mali. His name is Yambo Ouologuem and during his life he has been a critical literary voice, that got mixed reactions. He has been jubilated and he has been ridiculed. 

Read more about his life and work here.

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I enjoy reading about Africa. New books. Old books. By African writers. By non-African writers. Novel. History. Travel. Biographies. Autobiographies. Politics. Colonialism. Poetry.

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