On the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Rights Day, De Vive(s) Voix gives the floor live from Abidjan to three female personalities from the Ivorian cultural and artistic landscape, who break stereotypes while each delivering their personal interpretation of feminism.
Authors, actresses, storytellers, tellers, singers, actresses… We talk about female creation, the position of women in the cultural and artistic world, the fight for female governance in the cultural industry, whatever trades with:
Chantal Djedje is the director and founder of the Cultural factory of Abidjan, multidisciplinary programming cultural center (cinema, theatre, dance, music and residences), performance venue in Cocody. That “meal– as she likes to say – (who grew up in France and settled in Abidjan) is also the president of the Association of Cultural Actresses of Côte d’Ivoire.
She organizes the circus festival from March 14 to 20, 2022, which highlights Circassian women, this year’s edition will take place with the young girls of the Grand Bassam orphanage.
Flopy Mendosa, traditional storyteller, presents her show ” Cocoa Cocktail », rich in colors mixed with song, dance, music and proverbs.
Lerie Sankofa East percussionist and singer – creator of a group of female singers (the WISA) and a female orchestra called CESAME – who built her career on percussion, an instrument more dedicated to men, and worked on compositions that mixed new rhythms with traditional instruments .