The current crisis is an opportunity to put the values ​​of sharing and altruism back at the heart of society, according to Abd al Malik.

The singer, who has just published the book "Reconciliation", tells the microphone of Europe 1 how the deterioration of his personal situation has led him to reconsider our collective project.

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A beneficial bed rest?

Affected by the coronavirus last March and ill for three weeks, Abd al Malik took the opportunity to write an essay,

Reconciliation

(Robert Laffont editions), on the consequences of the health crisis and the current state of society.

For the singer, the epidemic has above all revealed the flaws in our democratic and economic functioning.

And the next world will according to him be marked by altruism, benevolence and empathy, as he explained at the microphone Europe 1 of Anne Roumanoff, Monday morning.

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"We absolutely must work so that this moment allows us to update the best version of ourselves," defended Abd al Malik, calling for a much stronger solidarity between members of society.

"We are not all in the same despair. If we are in a little less despair, we will help those who are in deeper despair. We can, financially, not have the means to help but be present , to listen. Today, we are in a world where we have the feeling that the only thing that can make a difference is money. "

A "political" approach of the poets

In his essay, the artist believes that commercial relationships have taken precedence over humans, to the point of undermining social relationships.

"The politicians and the specialists think that it is the all-economic which regulates the things, but it is false and one sees it well", he proclaimed Monday morning.

"Because if that were the case, we would live in the best of all possible worlds. However, we can see that this is not possible, that it does not happen, that it is not what is happening in this moment." 

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Politicians need to change a methodology that doesn't work

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For Abd al Malik, rulers must exercise power with the help of artists.

"Our approach, to us poets, is eminently political", he believes, certain that the leaders "must understand that they need us".

"They need to change a methodology which, in reality, is not working."

With this crisis, there is in any case "an awareness of finitude", individual and social.

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A forced but saving move

So much for the collective lessons of this never-ending crisis.

But the Covid-19 also had a concrete impact on the life of the singer, who was forced to move from a beautiful neighborhood to a less upscale locality.

"We were on the road. We are a bit of the eternal precarious. We are acrobats. We go on stage and then it's a bit 'to your good heart!', In a way", a- he explained about this move.

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However, this change of life was well received by the rapper.

"The fact of having had the Covid, of realizing the despair, both one's own, but also that of others, it allows to put a lot into perspective," he said.

"By moving, the social level drops. We put things into perspective, we realize what is really important and what is not."