A commemorative symposium on the occasion of the inauguration of the Chair of African Literatures and Arts at the Royal Academy of Morocco
A commemorative symposium on the occasion of the inauguration of the Chair of African Literatures and Arts at the Royal Academy of Morocco
On the occasion of the inauguration of the Chair of African Literatures and Arts at the Royal Academy, a group of UEMF students from various sub-Saharan African countries attended a commemorative symposium in honor of the Malian writer Yambo Ouologuem (1940-2017), winner of the Renaudot Prize in 1968 for his work "Le Devoir de violence".
On that occasion, UEMF students were able to meet and exchange with illustrious figures in the field of literature such as the writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, the Guadeloupean author Simone Schwarz-Bart, Cameroonian novelist Calixthe Beyala, the writer and publisher Jean-Pierre Orban, literary agent Pierre Astier, academic Aboubakr Chraïbi, American critic and translator Christopher Wise, and scholars 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 center for the collection, re-evaluation and dissemination of literary and artistic knowledge across the continent. It also aspires to act as an instance of consecration 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 major contemporary literary, cultural and artistic stage.
Also present at this inauguration were members of the Royal Academy, those responsible for the chair, Pr Eugène Ebodé and Dr Rabiaa Marhouch, Prof. Abderrahman Tenkoul, Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the UEMF, members of the steering committee of the "Academy doctoral students" and the writers and academics invited on this occasion.
