The King of Kahel
- Authors
- Monénembo, Tierno & Elliott, Nicholas
- Publisher
- Amazon Crossings
- ISBN
- 9780982555071
- Date
- 2008-04-30T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.45 MB
- Lang
- en
Tierno Monenembo's *The King of Kahel* was originally published in France in 2008 and was the winner of the French literary prize, the *prix Renaudot* , which is awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel. Loosely based on the life of Olivier de Sanderval, a man who journeyed to Guinea to build an empire by conquering the hostile region of Fouta Djallon, the book exposes how Sanderval braves all dangers to build a railway that will bring modern civilization to Africa.