num_pages: 150
description: French African prose can be given a beginning with the publication in 1921 of the novel Batouala . . . its sensitive portrayal of African life, with its evocation of the natural environment, could not but make a profound impression upon its African readers and offered a vivid example of what an African novel in French could be.-Abiola Irele
language: English
title: Batouala
titlecomplete: Batouala (African Writers Series)
genres: Fiction, France, African Literature, Central African Republic, Central Africa, Classics, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Race, Africa
ratings_count: 193
awards: awardedAt: -1546272000000
name: Prix Goncourt
publisher: Heinemann