# Allah is Not Obliged

by Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 2000

The harrowing experiences of a child soldier in West Africa.

## Why it matters

Uses 'broken' French and Malinké influence to capture the visceral reality of child soldiers.

## Historical context

Set during the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

ISBN: 9782020525718

## See also

- [Ahmadou Kourouma](https://africantales.net/authors/ahmadou-kourouma)
- [More from Ivory Coast](https://africantales.net/countries/CIV)
- [War Drama](https://africantales.net/genres/war-drama)
- [Literary Fiction](https://africantales.net/genres/literary-fiction)
- [War Fiction](https://africantales.net/genres/war-fiction)
- [The 2000s](https://africantales.net/decades/2000s)

Source: https://africantales.net/books/allah-is-not-obliged