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Festins de la détresse

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Chroniques d'une famille et d'une cour, Festins de la détresse, nous plongent au coeur de vies en proie aux absurdités que provoquent les changements économiques et sociaux, trop rapides pour le temps d'une vie humaine. Puisant dans la mémoire complexe du chant africain, Aminata Sow Fall veut changer la croyance selon laquelle la nourriture et les biens matériels sont seuls nécessaires à la survie, et mettre en évidence l'importance de la créativité et des besoins spirituels. Ils sont même plus importants que les biens matériels, qui ne suffisent pas à fonder la dignité d'un être humain.

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

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Aminata Sow Fall

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Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941) is a Senegalese-born author. While her native language is Wolof, her books are written in French.

She was born 1941 in Saint-Louis, Senegal, where she grew up before moving to Dakar to finish her secondary schooling. After this, she did a degree in Modern Languages in France and became a teacher upon returning to Senegal. She was a member of the Commission for Educational Reform responsible for the introduction of African literature into the French syllabus in Senegal, before becoming director of La Propriété littéraire (The Literary Property) in Dakar (1979-88). She was appointed the first woman president of Senegal's Writer's Association in 1985. In 1990 she founded the publishing house Éditions Khoudia.

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