La « matière Zongo » et ses prolongements dans les écritures dramatiques contemporaines à Ouagadougou

• Main Author: Aurore Desgranges
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM) 2019-11-01
• Series: Continents manuscrits
• Subjects: Norbert Zongo; cultural reappropriation; literary and artistic circulation; collect of dramatic texts; archives; Africa
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/coma/4866
• ISSN: 2275-1742

The new readings of Norbert Zongo’s intellectual production and the way his speech has been « sacralized » in Burkina Faso can easily explain why the « Zongo case » has drawn so much attention. The heritage of Zongo’s writings, speeches and political engagement has spread through ordinary channels (daily discussions, by-products) and artistic works (works made as a tribute, organization of cultural events). Today’s dramatic production, among others, is contributing to the collective re-writing of his life’s work.