Les Soleils des indépendances (The Suns of Independence) is the first novel by Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma. It won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1969. The title is a play on words involving the meaning of the Maninka word "télé", which can mean "sun", but also "day", "era" or "period [of time]". Bibliography Les Soleils des indépendances, Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1968 The Suns of Independence, Translator Adrian Adams, Holmes & Meier, 1981, References Ivorian novels 1968 novels French-language novels Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire winners 1968 debut novels