We had read in raw green by Touhfat Mouhtarean excellent novel and a promise: that of an author to follow. middle fire confirms all the good that we thought of the Comorian writer born in 1986 in Moroni. Gaillard is a young servant in the city of Itsandra, in the Comoros. One day when she … Read more
Depuis sa première édition, en 1946, on a entendu à l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU deux types de discours. Ceux – la grande majorité – qui passent inaperçus, prononcés à une heure tardive devant une poignée de délégués somnolents. Et ceux, beaucoup plus rares, dont l’Histoire se souvient de par la densité de leur contenu et … Read more
It was a priori an impossible task: to film the invisible. Yet this is what filmmakers Corto Vaclav and Hadrien La Vapeur have been working on for several years, filming in Congo-Brazzaville. They made original documentaries there, evoking mysticism, black magic and witchcraft through a look at the practices and conflicts linked to these ubiquitous … Read more
For more than fifty years, I have been a psychiatrist entirely devoted to the cause of the mentally ill. At almost 80 years old and for ten years, I have devoted my retirement to humanitarian missions in several African countries. As my long career comes to an end and these missions will soon no longer … Read more
Cristiane Martins De Londres pour BBC News Brazil il y a 5 heures Crédit photo, Getty Images Huit personnes sur 10 souffrent de maux de dos dans la vie. Ce problème de santé peut être à la fois une nuisance et l’une des principales causes d’absence au travail. Par conséquent, l’une des questions de santé … Read more
In Central Africa, the phenomenon of child sorcerers has caused much ink to flow. Especially in DR Congo, where thousands of children are rejected by their parents and by society. Accused of being cursed, they are called “sorcerers” and held responsible for the ills suffered by their loved ones and their community. Casimir Mpetshi Etshindo, … Read more
Vinícius Lemos BBC News Brasil, Sao Paulo 14 novembre 2021 Crédit photo, Arquivo pessoal Légende image, Taciano dit qu’il a été rejeté après avoir dit qu’il était Gémeaux. Taciano Santos, 27 ans, a été surpris par la tournure de la conversation avec une personne rencontrée sur une application de rencontre. Ils étaient en contact depuis … Read more
A book can be a little time bomb. Professor of sociology and anthropology at the Omar-Bongo University in Libreville, Joseph Tonda discreetly tried to drop his by publishing, last May with Karthala editions, Afrodystopia. Life in another’s dream. Had it exploded, he would have already been excommunicated from the community of African intellectuals for intelligence … Read more
Doused with gasoline and then burned alive, the old Nyabadeux met an atrocious end after being accused of witchcraft, like dozens of women in recent months in villages in South Kivu, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. . Since the beginning of September alone, the local authorities have counted eight … Read more
Margarita Rodríguez BBC News Mundo 6 janvier 2022 Crédit photo, Getty Images Le Bouddha a dit qu’il y a “certaines choses qui sont impensables” et que si les gens essaient de trop y penser, “ils ne seront jamais capables de les résoudre”. “L’un essaie de comprendre la loi du kamma ou du karma, un autre … Read more