Culture

After Requiem pour une République, a noir novel that took place during the Algerian war in 1962, the author Thomas Cantaloube takes up his characters and projects them this time in Cameroon. His new novel, Frakas, has just been published in Série Noire by Gallimard. A former Mediapart journalist, Thomas Cantaloube, wanted to take the war in Cameroon out of oblivion shortly after decolonization. .

It was by publishing in 1971, 50 years ago, his first fiction, Tribaliques, that the Congolese Henri Lopes made himself known. Awarded the following year the main literary prize in Black Africa, this collection of short stories enabled the author to establish his reputation as an attentive witness to the wealth and misfortune of independent Africa. Lopes leads a dual political and literary career and has established himself as an essential writer, author of an important work, located between social criticism and…

Singer Fatoumata Kouyaté, known as Tata Bambo Kouyaté, died on Monday 14 June at the age of 71. She was her nickname "Bambo" due to her most famous song, composed in the 1960s, when she was barely a teenager. Fatoumata Kouyaté was only 12 years old, in 1962, when she composed "Bambo". A marked title, in which she condemns…

Since his participation in Documenta 14, Sammy Baloji has become an important figure in contemporary art. AuxBeaux-Arts de Paris, his exhibition, "K (C) in progress, fragments of intertwined dialogues", ping-pong between personal experiences and official archives often forgotten or hidden to tell us otherwise the relationship between K (C) Ongolese and Westerners . With this 42-year-old plastic artist, born in Lubumbashi, who now swings…

The future National Assembly in Benin was represented by Burkinabè architect Francis Kéré. Based in Germany, he is known for his use of local materials. Impeccable white shirt, portable in hand, FrancisKér saves the site of the future National Assembly, an 8-hectare site in the center of Porto-Novo, the Benin capital, occupied…

"We find the atmosphere at the festival again. We live again." Annecy is proudly portrayed as "the first major international cultural event to welcome the public" (without a health pass) in postpartum France. From 14 to 19 June, the world animated film capital will present more than 200 short and feature films on site, "an exceptional vintage" and "the best of African animation" in the form of a tribute. Interview with Mickaël Marin, Director of the Festival, Film Market and Cité de l'image en mouvement in Annecy (Citia).…

"Memories of slavery are memories of the abyss," explains Nicola Lo Calzo, who for more than ten years has photographically documented the remnants of four centuries of trade between Africa, Europe and the American continent. This summer, this monumental work pays homage to several exhibitions and a book. Cham, says the Bible,…

How do I spot the warning signs before a society collapses and the jihadists give law and terror? Senegalese director Mamadou Dia did not wait for the deadliest attack that Burkina Faso has known since the beginning of jihadist violence in 2015 to talk about the subject. How can a family, a city, an entire society fall into the trap of jihadism? "The Father of Nafi", a first masterful film, was…

It's an innovative festival that opened its doors on Wednesday 9 June in the heart of Paris: until Sunday 13 June, creators from all over the world will be present in virtual reality or augmented reality. And this year, in collaboration with the "Africa 2020" season for the Institut français, the Forum des images honors African creators.…

In Nigeria, while authorities suspended access to Twitter on Friday, June 4, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is asking the media to shut down their social networking accounts. They reacted. "All audiovisual media will be considered antipatriotic if it continues to use Twitter, which is shut down," the NBC statement…