![]() ![]() The sequel »La Fabrique de cérémonies« (2001 tr. ![]() Amidst war-like chaos and despite his desperate efforts, the protagonist fails to find his girlfriend while the people around him are fleeing and dying. But we need to move away from the idea of African singularity and uniformity by multiplying our masks and developing proposals for different models of representation.« Efoui’s debut novel »La Polka« (1998) takes place in a dilapidated, nameless capital city where calamity suddenly erupts as residents look forward to the upcoming carnival celebration. The author brilliantly and humorously plays with African stereotypes, breaking away from the pan-African Négritude movement: »The problem is that today it still comes down to Africanism. Efoui draws on variegated meanings to evoke fantastical worlds and multidimensional sensory impressions in the tradition of Samuel Beckett and Sony Labou Tansis. Most of his twelve plays have been performed during festivals in Europe and Africa. By this point, he had already made a name for himself as a writer and received awards for his first play »Le Carrefour« (1990 tr. After completing his studies at the University of Benin, he emigrated to France, where, among other things, he wrote for the weekly magazine »Jeune Afrique«. While studying philosophy at the University of Lomé, he participated in the student movement in opposition to President Eyadéma. ![]() Kossi Efoui was born in 1962 in Anfoin, Togo, and grew up in a family of artists. ![]()
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