Je dédis ce monologue à ma sœur Tokossel qui est atrocement mutilée et à ma sœur Seynabou qui est morte l’année dernière, à 40 ans, laissant ses jumeaux et 6 autres enfants. I recant this monologue to my sister Tokossel who is horribly mutilated and to my sister Seynabou who died last year, just after giving birth to her twins leaving behind 6 other children. Mesdames, Madame le Juge, Ladies, Lady your honor, Je m’appelle N’em Si Yalla, la morte. …
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We are used to thinking of love letters as very private things. After all, it’s the expression of one person’s love (an emotional and, therefore, a subjective state) to another. But can love letters also tell …