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.
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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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