A tribute symposium on the occasion of the inauguration of the Chair of African Literatures and Arts at the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco

On the occasion of the inauguration of the Chair of African Literatures and Arts at the Academy of the Kingdom, a group of students from Euromed University of Fes, originating from various Sub-Saharan African countries, attended a tribute symposium for Malian writer Yambo Ouologuem (1940-2017), winner of the Renaudot Prize in 1968 for his work "Le Devoir de violence".

During this event, the UEMF students were able to meet and exchange with illustrious figures in the field of literature, such as writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, Guadeloupean author Simone Schwarz-Bart, Cameroonian novelist Calixthe Beyala, writer and publisher Jean-Pierre Orban, literary agent Pierre Astier, academic Aboubakr Chraïbi, American critic and translator Christopher Wise, and academics Kaiju Harinen and Sarah Burnautzki.

The Chair of African Literatures and Arts aims to break down barriers, promote, and circulate African cultural heritage within Africa. It seeks to establish a structuring Academic Division for the collection, re-evaluation, and dissemination of literary and artistic knowledge on the continent. It also aspires to play a role as an institution of recognition in Africa, by Africa, and for Africa, through international cooperations committed to pooling knowledge and respectful of an ethic based on equal access for all cultures to the grand contemporary literary, cultural, and artistic stage.

Also attending this inauguration were members of the Academy of the Kingdom, the Chair's directors, Prof. Eugène Ebodé and Dr. Rabiaa Marhouch, Prof. Abderrhaman Tenkoul, Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at UEMF, members of the steering committee of the "Academy's PhD candidates", and the writers and academics invited for the occasion.

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