The playful Africa of Alain Mabanckou (Rediffusion)
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By: Pascal Paradou
Alain Mabanckou and Abdourahman Waberi have written with their hands a loving and playful dictionary. From Abacost to Zem to discover "the magnetic energy of the continent"
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Alain Mabanckou won the Renaudot Prize in 2006 for Porcupine Memories , he is the author of several successful novels and was appointed, in 2016, professor at the Collège de France at the Chair of artistic creation .
Abdourahman Waberi is a novelist, poet and essayist, Grand Prix littéraire de africaine africaine 1996, former resident of the Académie de France in Rome-Villa Médicis , he has been teaching French-speaking literature and literary creation in the United States since 2012. United. Together, they sign this joyful ABC of Africa.
Playful dictionary of African cultures . Fayard editions.
Eight lessons on Africa . Grasset editions.
Guest : Alain Mabanckou.
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