Tag: Literature
In the gears of colonial conquest in Madagascar, with Michèle Rakotoson
In his new novel Ambatomanga, the Malagasy novelist Michèle Rakotoson recounts the colonial conquest of her country in the 19th century, revisiting through fiction the brutalities and devastation from which…
One land, one author: in Brazil with Estelle-Sarah Bulle
Estelle-Sarah Bulle was born in 1974 in Créteil, from a Guadeloupean father and a mother who grew up on the Franco-Belgian border. She is the author of a first novel,Where…
“The Netanyahu Years – Israel’s Great Turn”, by Jacques Bendelac
He marked Israeli political life for three decades, and continues to do so. In The Netanyahu Years – Israel’s great shiftJacques Bendelac retraces the career of this man of power,…
One land, one author: in Senegal with David Diop
Born in Paris in 1966, David Diop grew up in Senegal and is a lecturer at the University of Pau. He signs, withThe Gate of the Journey of No Return»,…
Laurent Gaudé, Marc Jolivet, Amélie Nothomb, Jean-François Samlong, among others, 2nd stage
This season, we will take you on a weekly report to a region of the French-speaking world to discover a place or a personality. Today, meet the French writer Laurent…
Papa Ngady Faye, from Senegal to Italy, importer of African literature
Papa Ngady Faye is a Senegalese immigrant to Italy. Arrived illegally 17 years ago in the south of Italy, he started selling books in the street a bit by chance.…
One land, one author: in South Africa with Sindiwe Magona
Born in 1943 in South Africa, having grown up in Gugulethu, a township near Cape Town, Sindiwe Magona is the author of an autobiography, poet, playwright, novelist, she writes in…
“Haiti, a world tourist destination” by Eunice Cincir
In his book “Haiti, a global tourist destination», the young author Eunice Cincir presents, with method and manner, the tourist potential of the entire territory of Haiti. It is a…
In the hubbub of the world, with Mabrouck Rachedi
It was by publishing, in 2006, his first novel The weight of a soul, a jubilant moral tale, which Mabrouck Rachedi made known. His new opus, All the words we…
One land, one author: in Congo-Brazzaville with Fann Attiki, “Voices of Africa” prize
The “Voix d’Afriques” literary prize initiated by RFI, Lattès editions in partnership with the Cité Internationale des Arts returns for a second edition. After a call for writing from young…