![]() I must have been about 15 years old when I received an award in high school that allowed me to make my first trip to France. Tanella Boni It wasn't the first contact, because at least 90% of my teachers in high school were French, but here's the first memory that comes back to me. What's the first contact with France that you remember? OUMEYA EL OUADIE/EDITIONS BRUNO DOUCEYĪ novelist, philosopher, poet and professor emeritus at the University Félix-Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Tanella Boni is a prolific observer of the reality for people in her native Côte d'Ivoire.Īlongside her academic output, she also looks at current affairs, as seen in her latest novel, Sans Parole ni Poignée de Main ("With Neither a Word Nor a Handshake"), which revisits the toxic waste scandal that rocked Côte d'Ivoire in 2006. The Ivorian writer calls for 'balanced' relations, free of condescension, racism and prejudice.īy Cyril Bensimon Published on January 4, 2023, at 7:00 am (Paris), updated on January 4, 2023, at 7:00 am 'From Dakar to Djibouti, a tour of the Africa-France relationship' (5/11). Participants plan to issue a final declaration on major political, social and economic issues after the summit ends on Sunday, she said.Tanella Boni: 'The French aren't ready to rethink their perception of Africa' Mushikiwabo recalled that promoting "peace, democracy and human rights" is also part of the OIF's mission.
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