French African prose can be given a beginning with the publication in 1921 of the novel Batouala . . . its sensitive portrayal of African life, with its evocation of the natural environment, could not but make a profound impression upon its African readers and offered a vivid example of what an African novel in French could be.
-Abiola Irele
Batouala (African Writers Series)
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Author(s)Rene Maran
PublisherHeinemann
ISBN / ASIN0435901354
ISBN-139780435901356
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Sales Rank1,270,084
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