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La Fête Des Masques
''La fête des masques'' is a novel by Togolese author Sami Tchak. It won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text ... in 2004. , Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire. References Togolese literature Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire winners[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Tchak
Sadamba Tcha-Koura (born 1960 in Bowounda), pen-name Sami Tchak, is a Togolese writer. Biography After a dissertation in philosophy at the University of Lomé in 1983, Sami Tchak taught in a high school for three years. He arrived in France in 1986 to start his sociology studies, and obtained his PhD at the Sorbonne University in 1993. His research on prostitution in Cuba carried him to the island for seven months in 1996, resulting in the publication of the essay "Prostitution à Cuba. Communisme, ruses and débrouilles" (foreword by the Cuban writer Eduardo Manet). The discovery of Mexican and Colombian culture significantly influenced his literary choices. These places and the great writers who come from them offered him new horizons of writing. Since the novel ''Hermina'', published by Gallimard in 2003, all his works take place in an imaginary Latin American setting, which actually is far more similar to Africa. Besides the short stories and articles that has appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti-communist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Littéraire D'Afrique Noire
The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text from Sub-Saharan Africa. It was originally endowed with 2,000 french francs. Winners * 1961: Aké Loba (Côte d'Ivoire) for ''Kocumbo, l'étudiant noir'' * 1962: Cheikh Hamidou Kane ( Senegal) for ''L'Aventure ambiguë'' * 1963: Jean Ikelle Matiba ( Cameroon) for '' Cette Afrique-là'' * 1964: Birago Diop (Senegal) for '' Contes et Lavanes'' * 1965: Bernard Dadié (Côte d'Ivoire) for ''Patron de New-York'' * 1965: Seydou Badian Kouyaté ( Mali) for '' Les Dirigeants africains face à leurs peuples'' * 1966: Olympe Bhely-Quenum ( Benin) for '' Le chant du lac'' * 1967: Francis Bebey (Cameroon) for '' Le fils d'Agatha Moudio'' * 1967: Francois Evembe (Cameroon) for ''Sur la terre en passant'' * 1967: Jean Pliya (Benin) for '' Kondo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togolese Literature
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Littéraire D'Afrique Noire Winners
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