In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Ghana, Writers Project of Ghana organised the fifth edition of…
Year: 2021
Même s’il est vrai qu’on ne saurait remplacer un père ou une mère, il n’en demeure pas moins que les enfants orphelins peuvent combler un vide parental à travers la littérature de jeunesse.
Dans un contexte où la lecture n’est pas encore partagée par tout le monde, M. Drissa Coulibaly envisage de mettre sur pied une fédération de clubs de lecture. Cette initiative en gestation au Mali est évoquée dans cette interview.
De nombreuses afflictions, infections et pathologies liées au corps humain trouvent aujourd’hui solution à travers des thérapies relevant de la médecine. Or l’humain étant doté de chair et d’esprit, toutes les instabilités dans le fonctionnement de l’esprit ne sont pas comblées par de simples pilules ou des compléments alimentaires. A cet effet, le livre en général, même si on peine et on traine à le concevoir, est considéré comme une véritable potion contre de nombreuses instabilités émotionnelles et psychiques. Le livre permet de s’évader, d’imaginer, de créer, de découvrir, de se découvrir, de faire grandir l‘esprit quand le corps est incarcéré ou paralysé.
Christian Elongué gave a public talk on the topic “Who is the true alpha of the family?”, during the festival “Saint-Petersburg Book Lighthouse” moderated by Nadezhda Filimonova and Evgeniia Trofimova from the Kronshtadt children’s library in Russia. Elongué thus explained that parenting styles must be adapted and personnalised to the kids and teens personality. There is no one right way to raise a child. It’s important to focus on balancing priorities, juggling responsibilities and quickly flipping between the needs of children, other family members and yourself.
Ousmane Diarra est un écrivain polyfacétique né à Bassala au mali en 1960. Parallèlement à ses écrits, il est enseignant de langue française et bibliothécaire à l’Institut français de Bamako. Dans cette interview, il éclaire les lecteurs de de Muna Kalati sur la littérature de jeunesse en Afrique, précisément au Mali.
Madame Condé Mabéty Soumah est une auteure de littérature de jeunesse établie en Guinée et promotrice de la plateforme de diffusion et de promotion de la lecture et de la littérature de jeunesse Betty café littéraire.
Atinuke’s first non-fiction title is a major publishing event: a celebration of all 55 countries on the African continent! Her beautifully-written text captures Africa’s unique mix of the modern and the traditional, as she explores its geography, its peoples, its animals, its history, its resources and its cultural diversity. The book divides Africa into five sections: South, East, West, Central and North, each with its own introduction. This is followed by a page per country, containing a delightful mix of friendly, informative text and colourful illustrations.
It was at university with the pan-African associative movements and my Master’s degree in “Africa and Globalization” that I discovered the rich African past and became aware of my cultural alienation. I knew more about the history of France, Great Britain and Belgium than that of Cameroon and I realized that the books of my childhood had largely contributed to it. I realized that children’s and youth literature was a powerful tool for building the imagination and identity of young Africans, for reducing illegal immigration and low civic and patriotic awareness. But I realized with regret that African children’s books were little known and accessible. The authors of books for adults were more publicized, celebrated and promoted than those of children’s literature, which was considered a marginal field, a ghetto or a sector of little interest reserved for amateur authors.
From the 9th to 12 September 2021, Muna Kalati was represented through its Director Christian Elongué at the 37th Ibby Children’s Book International Congress In Moscow, under the theme «Great Big World Through Children’s Books: National and Foreign Literature — Role, Value, Impact on Young Readers in Different Countries». It was an opportunity to explore diversity of themes, characters, issues in children’s literature of the world, to discuss cultural variety which doesn’t prevent them from interweaving and interacting.