La Cité des Arts, a residency of French-speaking artists in the heart of Paris

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At the Cité des Arts with Bénédicte Alliot, Executive Director of the Cité Internationale des Arts Kokouvi Dzifa Galley, Togolese playwright in residence Eric Akam Mevaa Cameroonian rapper © Cécile Lavolot / RFI

By: Pascal Paradou

30 mins

Created in the 1960s, the Cité Internationale des Arts welcomes artists from all over the world to two Parisian sites. 

Publicity

In 2021, the

Cité Internationale des Arts

launched the

TRAME program

for artists from all over the world in favor of the Francophonie.

How does an artist residency work?

How are they supported?

What role does it play in Francophone politics?  

Bénédicte Alliot,

 Executive Director of the Cité Internationale des Arts. 

Kokouvi Galley

, Togolese playwright in residence.

He has two collections of poems:

B

ris de vie, bris de souffle

,

published by Ponts de Lianes in Lomé, in 2017 and 

Vagues à lame

, published by Unicités,

in Paris, in 2020. 

Eric AKAM MEVAA

 Cameroonian rapper 

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