” I want to sing. Music keeps me alive. I sing Souad and Camélia. I sing Feriel. I sing Dhour. »
Medea Mountains is the narration of exiles, that of a mother forced to come to France, and of three sisters abandoned in Algeria… It is also the expression of a liberation through words, through song, it is sublimated pain.
Originally an improvisational musical project in which Alima sings accompanied on the guitar by Fabrice Dang Van Nhan, then adapted to the theater in a staging by Aurélien Bory in 2019, this text is now published by Editions de l ‘Golden Eye.
Guest :
- Alima Hamel, singer, musician and author of Médéa Mountains and other texts, Editions de l’Œil d’Or, 2023.
Our chronicle ” Elsewhere ” takes us to Bamako where the 15th literary return to Mali. Its co-founder and writer Ibrahima Aha is our guest.