Ouologuem yambo biography of william
Ouologuem yambo biography of william james.
Malian writer, whose most famous novel, Le Devoir de violence (1968, Bound to Violence), is a satirical portrayal of African spiritual values.
Ouologuem yambo biography of william
Ouologuem depicted African participation in colonial rule and the role of local overlords who sold their subjects into bondage in league with Arab slave dealers. The postmodernist work was published to great acclaim in Paris and it received the prestigious Prix Théophraste-Renaudot.
Yambo Ouologuem was born in Bandiagara, in the Dogon country, French Sudan (now Mali), to an elite Muslim family with close ties to the Toucouleur ruling caste of Bandiagara.
He was the only son of Boukary Yambo Ouologuem, a land owner and school inspector, and Aïssata Umar (née Karambe). As result of his background and privileges, Ouologuem was taught several African languages, becoming fluent in English, French, and Spain.
After attending a lycée in Bamako, Mali, he went in 1960 to France to continue his education.