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This Revised Edition includes background information which provides a geographical, religious, social, and political context for the story.

"The Radiance of the King" is a landmark novel in African literature that powerfully challenges colonial narratives by turning the lens inward, portraying the spiritual and cultural transformation of a European man lost in Africa.

This novel, winner of the coveted Grand Prix de Littérature d'Afrique Noire, has been seen as a story about the struggles of nation-building in Africa, as a fierce depiction of dictatorships in the Third World

The Black Terrorist (Le terroriste noir) was awarded the Erckmann-Chatrian Prize in 2012, and both the Palatine Grand Prize and the Ahmadou-Kourouma Prize in 2013.