Born in 1900 in French West Africa, Malian writer Amadou Hamp?t? B? was one of the towering figures in the literature of twentieth-century Francophone Africa. In Amkoullel, the Fula Boy, B? tells in striking detail the story of his youth, which was set against the aftermath of war between the Fula and Toucouleur peoples and the installation of French colonialism. A master storyteller, B? recounts pivotal moments of his life, and the lives of...