The war, sir, turned everything upside down so well that a negro skirmisher was dying at our gates! To be black and a soldier, believe me, is to be frowned upon by the French and driven out by the occupiers. But Addi Bâ, so proud, so polite, caused a sensation in the village - especially among the women. The trouble came when he took to the bush. The Boches then relentlessly hunted down the famous "black terrorist" ...


 Tierno Monénembo was born in 1947, in Guinea. His work, rich in ten books, is one of the most important in African literature today. The King of Kahel, available in Points, received the 2008 Renaudot Prize.

 "A text in the form of a tribute to those forgotten by history, at the same time funny, moving and poetic."