6/9/2023 0 Comments Allah is not obliged![]() ![]() However, in the words of the author (or translator), let’s start from the start.īirahima is a child who is both protected and doomed by circumstance having being born to a disadvantaged family in an already disadvantaged society he is seemingly doomed from the onset. As the names of the dictionaries suggest the book was originally written in French before being translated to English by a man known as Frank Wynne. He is quick with a curse word and knows it all t 3 dictionaries thanks to his dictionaries The Larousse, The Petit Robert, The Glossary of French Lexical Particularities in Black Africa and Harrap’s. The story is told through the eyes of Birahima, a ten year old child soldier with a tongue that would make even the hardest of sailors cringe. A story that tells of dictators, coup de tats, medicine men (grigrimen), death and soldiers in such a funny quick thinking smooth way that bit just keeps you asking for more and more. ![]() Set in central Africa this is a ten year olds account as a child soldier and all the stuff he has been through and seen. I really should, because when a book starts with an opening line as profound, as powerful as that you know you are in for a ride and a half. “The full, final and complete title of my bullshit story is: Allah is not obliged to be fair about all the things he does here on earth.” I believe I should just end the review there for this week. ![]()
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