Kourouma returned to his native Côte d'Ivoire after it won its independence in 1960, yet he quickly found himself questioning the government of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. From 1950 to 1954, when his country was still under French colonial control, he participated in French military campaigns in Indochina, after which he journeyed to France to study mathematics in Lyon. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursued studies in Bamako, Mali. The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Côte d'Ivoire. After brief imprisonment, Kourouma spent several years in exile, first in Algeria (1964-1969), then in Cameroon (1974-1984) and Tog Ahmadou Kourouma, (Novem– December 11, 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. Ahmadou Kourouma, (Novem– December 11, 2003) was an Ivorian novelist.
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