The old man and the medal

The old man and the medal

Author: 
Oyono
Place: 
London
Publisher: 
Heinemann
Phys descriptions: 
167p
Date published: 
1969
Record type: 
Subject: 
ISBN: 
0435900390
Call No: 
82-3 OYO
Abstract: 

The Old Man and the Medal satirizes colonialism through the eyes of a God-fearing and loyal old villager who completely reverses his opinion of the white man on the same day that he is to receive a medal for his "service" (sacrifices of his sons and land) to France.

Language: 
Series: 
African writers

CITATION: Oyono. The old man and the medal . London : Heinemann , 1969. - Available at: https://library.au.int/old-man-and-medal-3