Gabriel Mwènè Okoundji and the Tégué Memory (Okondo-Ewo). The poetry word in the face of «vents de l’exil»
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Congo, Aquitaine, Poetic Texts, Contemporary Art, ExileAbstract
Gabriel Okoundji is a poet born in Congo-Brazaville who has chosen to live in the south-west of France : his status as Mwènè, as a spiritual guide, roots him in his culture of origin, but his writing is without borders and draws from its primary source, the cultural heritage of his land of Africa : symbols, proverbs, metaphorizations, animism, the dialogue with the ancestors, the orality of the storytellers.
His collaboration with Philippe Bono and his personal reinvention of Arte Povera, and Sylvie Basteau with the abstract reworking of his travels, are exemplary testimonies of the dialogue with contemporary art. This contribution questions the possibilities of preserving the memory of traditions in a context of migration and of transmitting it as a current and unavoidable message.
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