The King of Kahel (French: Le Roi de Kahel) is a 2008 French-language novel by Guinean author Tierno Monénembo. It won the 2008 prix Renaudot.[2] It was translated in 2010 to English by Nicholas Elliott and published by AmazonCrossing,[3] Amazon.com's translated fiction publishing imprint. The King of Kahel was AmazonCrossing's premier book.[2][4]
The novel is loosely based on the true story of French colonialist Aimé Olivier de Sanderval[5] who in the late 19th century attempted to establish himself as King in the highland region of Fouta Djallon, in Guinea.
TheKingofKahel (French: Le Roi de Kahel) is a 2008 French-language novel by Guinean author Tierno Monénembo. It won the 2008 prix Renaudot. It was translated...
Diallo) – novelist and biochemist, winner ofthe Prix Renaudot award in 2008 for his novel TheKingofKahel, winner of Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2017....
works into English. The first translated books were the French-language novel TheKingofKahel and the German-language novel The Hangman's Daughter which...
2007: Chagrin d'école, Daniel Pennac (Gallimard) 2008: Le Roi de Kahel (TheKingofKahel), Tierno Monénembo (Le Seuil) 2009: Un roman français, Frédéric...
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21 September 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013. "Eesti jalgpallikoondis kohtub kahel korral värske UEFA liikmega" [Estonian national team will meet twice with...
Journalists. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012. Zaid Kahel (27 June 2012). "Zaid Kahel - Journalists Killed". Committee...
1797–1834), the second Qajar shah ("king") of Iran. Later, a segment of these Afshars had to migrate to Urmia in order to make way for the Chardawri (Chardowli)...
Houël, the most common French names for the line are: kahel, kahejle, kailhan, koheilan, and finally kochlani. The lineage was documented by the Ottoman...
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