Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the twelfth edition of the Marché des Arts et du Spectacle (MASA) live from the Palais de la Culture in Abidjan where De Vive(s) Voix recorded this first broadcast. Patrick Hervé Yapi, Director General of MASA; comedian Amadou Bouna Guazong; and the singer and musician Dji Eka are our guests, on the occasion of the opening of the festivities.
MASA is the Festival of Living African Arts (theater, dance, music, storytelling, puppets) created in 1993, and organized every two years in Abidjan.
– Patrick Hervé YAPI, its director, returns to the criteria for selecting talent, and to the main function of a festival like this: not to leave artists in autarky.
– Amadoua Bouna GuazongCameroonian comedian-comedian on tour in Abidjan with his show “ Amadou BOUNA: Politi-SIENS », for whom MASA represents «the Holy Trinity of theatre» insists on the role of humor as the barometer of the mental and spiritual state of society.
– Dji Eka, where “the body which announces the rainbow” in silly, sings love in all the languages. Her trademark remains percussion, from which she created her association Fighting Women.
– Hassane Kassi Kouyatedirector of Francophonies en Limousin in Limoges, the epicenter of French-speaking world theatrical creation, discusses the importance of these meetings.