From24Marchuntil15April
Festival Hors limites - Shared legacies
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Taina Tervonen defines herself as a storyteller of true stories, and has always written about family, migration and life stories.
Richly documented, this story-inquiry shows the need to restore, but also to repair history. -
With Les Otages, the author pursues this quest for the duty to remember and attempts to enlighten readers on the multiple springs of the French colonial unconscious that still operates today. She sets out on the trail of the treasure of Segou, a war booty made up of jewels, fabrics, art objects and a sword, that of El Hadj Oumar Tall, stolen between Senegal and Mali by the French colonel Archinard at the end of the 19th century. But this treasure also hides a human dimension: the kidnapping...
With Les Otages, the author pursues this quest for the duty to remember and attempts to enlighten readers on the multiple springs of the French colonial unconscious that still operates today. She sets out on the trail of the treasure of Segou, a war booty made up of jewels, fabrics, art objects and a sword, that of El Hadj Oumar Tall, stolen between Senegal and Mali by the French colonel Archinard at the end of the 19th century. But this treasure also hides a human dimension: the kidnapping of El Hadj's grandson, Abdoulaye.
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- On April 8, 2023 at 3:00 PM