PROMESSE DE LA LANGUE BY LES INACHEVES AND ALLIANCE FRANCAISE OF DAR ES SALAAM
PROMESSE DE LA LANGUE is an artistic project led by the French Compagnie “Les Inachevés” and Alliance Française of Dar Es Salaam.
Based on encounters, the project was imagined as a sensory journey. About thirty photographic, audio and written portraits of French-speaking Tanzanians living in Dar Es Salaam or Arusha were created in the form of an exhibition. Each participant was interviewed for an hour by the project team, using a specific questionnaire, about their relationship to the French language.
As the director of the French Compagnie “Les Inachevés”, Moïse Touré has focused on the translation, transmission and representation of literary works by French-speaking authors on African territory and beyond.
With “Promesse de la Langue”, Moïse Touré wishes to establish during this Tanzanian project a dialogue between Swahili, French and English. He thus wishes to question the populations about how the French language entered their life, and how it articulates with the other languages present in Tanzania.
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The exhibition will run until the 14th of April 2023 at Alliance Française of Dar Es Salaam, then it will move to Arusha.
Opening hours of La Galerie in Alliance Française :
Monday to Thursday : 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 6pm
Friday and Saturday : 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm
