In Rwanda, the second edition of the Rencontres internationales du livre francophone is held from March 1 to 4. On the program, round tables, readings, shows, with about fifteen guest French-speaking writers, from all over the African continent.
Report in Kigali from Lucie Mouillaud
Among the writers invited to the second edition of the Rencontres internationales du livre francophone, there is the Prix Goncourt 2021 with his book The most secret memory of men. The Senegalese Mohamed Mbougar Sarr led a writing workshop this Friday, March 3. Budding authors, poets, or simply curious, all were eager to listen to the writer’s advice.
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Among them, Nuru, a young 23-year-old Congolese: “ I find it really inspiring to have role models “. How to recount a memory or overcome a writing block. The Prix Goncourt shares his experience with the assembly before leaving the field free to the imagination of his students for the day: ” We did a writing exercise from a photo. It was a very bizarre exercise, but one that was truly inspiring. Me, I came across a photo of my colleagues who were celebrating a birthday. I wrote a short text. It really gave me a lot of ideas “.
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr joined during these four days about fifteen other invited authors, an opportunity for the writer to discover new talents: ” It’s extremely stimulating to think that there are not only writers from the African diaspora, but also writers who live on the continent and who also have these projects. We already knew that, but meeting them, talking to them here, gives me a lot of hope for creation on the African continent. »
Promote the learning of French
Organized in the French-speaking cultural center, opened two years earlier after the rapprochement between Kigali and Paris, the event also aims to promote the learning of French, a language mastered by less than 10% of Rwandans. The writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is the guest of the show Literature without borders this Saturday with the author Wilfried N’Sondé.
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