Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ahụmahụ agha, ọkachasị oke iwe ya na ogbugbu Sétif nke Mee 1945, kpalikwara Aba itinye aka na ide uri. Ọrụ ya na-elekwasị anya na isiokwu metụtara ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na mmetụta nke ime ihe ike na ụmụ mmadụ, na-ekpuchi isiokwu ndị dị ka mgbanwe Algeria, esemokwu Arab-Israel na Nazi Germany. Isiokwu nke ọrụ ya mere ka ọkà mmụta Jean Déjeux jiri ya tụnyere Mohammed Dib. Nchịkọta ndị a ma ama nke Aba gụnyere "Gazelle au petit matin" ("Gazelle n'isi ụtụtụ", 1978) na "Gazelle après minuit" ("Gazelle mgbe etiti abalị", 1979), nke na-ewere ụdị nke usoro ịhụnanya nke sitere na ọnwụ nke di na nwunye na-eto eto n'oge nke
mba ahụ nwere onwe ya pụọ na France.