Flam: four initials to designate the African Book Festival in Marrakech which took place a few days ago. For the first time, some fifty writers and artists from the Maghreb and the sub-Saharan continent have come together to strengthen ties between North and South and rethink Africa together. Great report on the spot at the “Stars of Jamaâ el-Fna”, one of the five socio-cultural centers created in Morocco by the filmmaker Nabil Ayouche and the writer and visual artist Mahi Binebine.
On the initiative of Mahi Binebine, Fatimata Wane Sagna, Hanane Essaydi and Younès Ajarraï, the 1st edition of“African Book Festival of Marrakech” (FLAM) took place from February 9 to 12, 2023 at the Cultural Center “Les Étoiles de Jemaa el-Fna”.
Great report on the spot with:
* Mahi Binebinwriter and visual artist, key figure in Moroccan culture
* Fatimata Wanejournalist at France 24
* Jean-Marie Gustave Le ClezioNobel Prize in Literature 2008
* Ken Bugul, great voice of Senegalese literature
* Ernisyoung Cameroonian novelist, and winner of the 2022 “Voix d’Afriques” prize RFI-LATTES
* Leila Bahsainwriter born in Morocco and living in France.