READING NIGHT - I NI SOU

Welcome to West Africa, a kaleidoscope of sounds, words, games, flavors and colors.

STORYTELLING - READINGS - WORKSHOPS - MUSIC - GAMES - EXHIBITION

The Médiathèque Manufacture invites you on a joyous journey to the heart of the Cradle of Humankind.
Over the course of an evening, African culture and heritage will take center stage:
percussion initiation, storytelling and mask-making will rub shoulders with wax exhibitions, quizzes, musical readings and virtual reality.
This Night of Reading is open to the widest possible audience.

For younger visitors: 2nd floor
AFRICAN MASKS
Traditional African mask-making workshop.
ETIOLOGICAL TALES
workshop to create "how and why" tales.

TELL ME ABOUT AFRICA
A special reading moment to discover African landscapes, rhythms and flavors.

Art practice: 3rd floor

INITIATION TO AFRICAN PERCUSSION
Try your hand at playing the dum dum (a drum used as the basis for many African rhythms)
with Marielle Durupt, Compagnie La Torpille.

DISCOVER THE N'GONI AND BALAFON
Come and try your hand at playing the n'goni (African harp) and the balafon.

STUDIO MALICK
Immerse yourself in the world of Malick Sidibé, Bamako's photographer of the Roaring Twenties, and pose for a photo.
WEDDING CEREMONY STYLE
To celebrate the end of this trip to West Africa, the speakers invite you to an impromptu concert of African music.
Market-style: 4th floor
As you walk :

EXHIBITION - SO WAX
The colors and patterns of wax are both eye-catching and fascinating. Beyond the recognizable motifs (fauna, flora, everyday objects, etc.), some have a real meaning, which can sometimes change depending on the country or circumstances.

BOGOLAN STORY
Creation of a work in bogolan, a traditional West African dyeing technique, to the rhythms of story readings.
with Issa Niambele

AFRICAN READINGS BY EAR
Share a privileged and individual moment of reading about Africa.

AFROCULTURE QUIZ
Test your knowledge of geography, literature and personalities.

AWALÉ
Play a selection of traditional games.
VIRTUAL REALITY
Immerse yourself in the African savannah with a "virtual" experience.

TRADITIONAL STORYTELLING
Senegalese storyteller Abou Fall takes you on a journey through myths, epics and life stories.
Artistic director of Cie Madior, Abou was introduced to storytelling by his grandmother Rokhaya Sy, whom he called "Bouche du monde" (mouth of the world). He will be accompanied by Adama Sanogo, former soloist with the Ballet National du Mali, on the n'goni, and Kalifa Diao, a musician from Burkina Faso, on the balafon.

THE GRIN
A space for dialogue and conversation in the Manufacture district, come and exchange ideas, share a memory, a reading or an artist, and discover African, classical and contemporary literature over a cup of tea.

AFRICAN CINEMA
Embark on a program of short films
proposed by the Nancy International Film Festival

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