This is what Géraldine Faladé Touadé says, sitting in the armchair of En Sol Majeur and who publishes Turbulent, published by Presence Africaine. It’s so true: what would Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or Leonora Miano be without the earthly passage of these grandmothers or great-grandmothers, African pioneers, each in her own field?
Turbulent, African women ahead of their time lists 17 women forgotten in history, while one was the first magistrate, the other the first female doctor and this one still the first teacher on the continent. Against winds and tides of prejudice. From Suzanne Vertu Diop to Funmilayo Ransome Kuti via Sarah Maldoror, a big booster shot in G Major for today’s fighters. With behind the pen, a journalist who will not be able to make us forget that she herself is a princess, a descendant of King Behanzin of Dahomey…
The musical choices of Géraldine Faladé Touadé
Louis Armstrong Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Bella Bellow Zelia
Prince Nico Mbarga Sweet mother I never forget you
(Rebroadcast of the program of July 4, 2021)