In Avignon, "La Cargaison" helps the dead of repression find peace

The author Souleymane Bah and the actors Nadège Ouedraogo, Serge Yéroné Koto and Vincent Minne at the end of the performance of "La Cargaison".

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He received the RFI Théâtre 2020 Prize, and here he is programmed at the Avignon festival, in the south of France.

The Guinean Souleymane Bah is the author of the play

La Cargaison

, scheduled for Sunday in the series of readings “ 

C'est va, ça va le monde

 ” produced by RFI, the Festival d'Avignon and the company Eutopia with the support of the SACD ( Society of Composers Authors) and the French Institute.

La Cargaiso

n is inspired by the repression of an opposition demonstration against a constitutional amendment, in October 2019, in Conakry, during which eleven people were killed. 

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In Avignon, "La Cargaison" helps the dead of repression find peace

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