{"id":129,"date":"2019-03-05T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogons.org\/?p=129"},"modified":"2021-03-05T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T18:03:11","slug":"la-polka-kossi-efoui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogons.org\/index.php\/2019\/03\/05\/la-polka-kossi-efoui\/","title":{"rendered":"La Polka &#8211; Kossi Efoui"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elle n\u2019a d\u2019abord \u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u2019une l\u00e9gende \u00e9nigmatique trac\u00e9e au dos d\u2019une carte postale repr\u00e9sentant une adolescente au buste nubile, t\u00eate inclin\u00e9e vers l\u2019arri\u00e8re, les cheveux tress\u00e9s en fines antennes, et le sourire comme jet\u00e9 vers le haut des arbres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Une ic\u00f4ne touristique ordinaire sortie du grand sac sombre de l\u2019Homme-Papier, marchand d\u2019images \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9rudition d\u00e9brid\u00e9e, seul \u00e0 s\u2019int\u00e9resser au myst\u00e8re de la rencontre entre un clich\u00e9 tropical et une dance polonaise \u00e0 deux temps, cousine lointaine de la biguine. Jusqu\u2019au jour o\u00f9 Nah\u00e9ma do Nacimento tombe du ciel dans l\u2019arri\u00e8re-cour du Bar M. Le bar o\u00f9 toute la vile vient se frotter sur une lanc\u00e9e d\u2019arp\u00e8ges de fl\u00fbte avec cr\u00e9pitement de congas, maracas et castagnettes. C\u2019\u00e9tait un temps o\u00f9 la vie (ceux qui y croyaient disaient la vraie vie) \u00e9tait rythm\u00e9e par la rumba et son incessant appel de jour et nuit jusqu\u2019au plus impatient des jours : vendredi ; jusqu\u2019au plus fr\u00e9tillant des mois de l\u2019ann\u00e9e : novembre et ses nuits de carnaval. C\u2019\u00e9tait avant ce que les journaux ont appel\u00e9 les \u00e9v\u00e9nements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alors la ville sans nom, ou baptis\u00e9e par orgueil et d\u00e9rision du nom de St-Dallas, la ville a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 se d\u00e9faire, priv\u00e9e de rumba, de polka, priv\u00e9e de la danse vitale du corps et de l\u2019esprit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EFOUI Kossi, La Polka, roman, Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1998,<br>157 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BIOGRAPHIE &amp; INFORMATIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nationalit\u00e9 : Togo<br>N\u00e9(e) \u00e0 : Anfoin ,&nbsp;1962<br>Biographie :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kossi Efoui est dramaturge, chroniqueur (notamment un temps pour Jeune Afrique) et romancier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9tudiant en philosophie \u00e0 l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 de Lom\u00e9, il prend part au mouvement de contestation du r\u00e9gime de Gnassingbe Eyadema. Ses activit\u00e9s politiques lui valent quelques ennuis avec les autorit\u00e9s de son pays et finissent par le contraindre l&rsquo;exil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 1989, il re\u00e7oit le Grand Prix Tchicaya U Tam&rsquo;si du Concours th\u00e9\u00e2tral interafricain pour sa pi\u00e8ce Le Carrefour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boursier de Beaumarchais, il est accueilli en r\u00e9sidence d\u2019\u00e9criture \u00e0 la Maison des auteurs du Festival des Francophonies en 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il obtient le Prix du Nouveau Talent Radio de la SACD en 1993, la Bourse de la Cr\u00e9ation du Centre National du Livre en 1996 et le Grand prix litt\u00e9raire de l&rsquo;Afrique Noire 2002 pour La Fabrique des c\u00e9r\u00e9monies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Son roman Solo d&rsquo;un revenant, publi\u00e9 en 2008 aux \u00c9ditions du Seuil a re\u00e7u trois prix en 2009: le Prix Tropiques, Prix Ahmadou Kourouma et Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elle n\u2019a d\u2019abord \u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u2019une l\u00e9gende \u00e9nigmatique trac\u00e9e au dos d\u2019une carte postale repr\u00e9sentant une adolescente au buste nubile, t\u00eate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>La Polka - Kossi Efoui - Les Dogons du Togo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dogons.org\/index.php\/2019\/03\/05\/la-polka-kossi-efoui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La Polka - Kossi Efoui - Les Dogons du Togo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elle n\u2019a d\u2019abord \u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u2019une l\u00e9gende \u00e9nigmatique trac\u00e9e au dos d\u2019une carte postale repr\u00e9sentant une adolescente au buste nubile, t\u00eate&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dogons.org\/index.php\/2019\/03\/05\/la-polka-kossi-efoui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Les Dogons du Togo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-05T14:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-05T18:03:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dogons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kossiefoui.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cit\u00e9 Dogon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cit\u00e9 Dogon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dogons.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/05\\\/la-polka-kossi-efoui\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dogons.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/05\\\/la-polka-kossi-efoui\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cit\u00e9 Dogon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dogons.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4bbd372a6d0b2d763cbbc46fec25b046\"},\"headline\":\"La Polka &#8211; 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