Tag: Francophonie
Yvette Balana and Antoinette Tidjani Alou at the Geneva Book Fair
Meeting with two authors whose novels resonate around a theme, that of departure and return. How to leave? And then how do you get home? How to come back, once…
Tahar Ben Jelloun: his Morocco is written in French
In this Francophonie week, the Franco-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun recounts his relationship to the French language, and presents his new novel, Casablanca lovers. “It is with the French language…
A history of the Francophonie with Thi Hoai Trang Phan-Labays
/ Podcasts / In person(s) March 20 is International Francophonie Day. The opportunity to return to the birth of the term “Francophonie”, its evolution over fifty years, and to question…
“Hello French”, the Instagram account for learning informal French
With over a million followers on Instagram, the account Hello French has become in a few months a must on social networks, especially abroad, for learning French. And not just…
The Francophone Public Media celebrate Francophonie Day
The Médias Francophones Publics, of which France Médias Monde is a member, celebrate the international day of the Francophonie by offering a selection of programs from their antennas. They have…
In Mali, KotEsope and BiBook promote the Francophonie
This Monday, March 20 is celebrated the International Day of La Francophonie. For this year 2023, the theme chosen by the International Organization of La Francophonie is “321 million French…
In Quebec, immigrants learn to speak French in intensive courses
The only French-speaking province in Canada, Quebec welcomes tens of thousands of migrants each year, often non-French speakers. To preserve its language, the province has set up an extensive francization…
in Villers-Cotterêts where the marriage of the French State and its language took place
Rehabilitated with millions, the royal castle of Villers-Cotterêts (Aisne) will reopen its doors in June. It now becomes the Cité internationale de la langue française in reference to the ordinance…
Lydie Salvayre questions the future of literature
“What will become of literature if it becomes globalized, therefore simplified to be accessible to all, to have the language of everyone, speaking the globish, by erasing all singularity? I…
Francophone book meetings in Kigali: Mohammed Mbougar Sarr and Wilfried N’Sondé
Mohammed Mbougar Sarr, Senegalese author, Goncourt Prize 2021 for “ The most secret memory of men » and Wilfried N’Sondé born in Brazzaville, multi-award winning author notably for his historical…