"Journée de la francophonie": French-speaking Africa

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March 18, 2021 - March 20, 2021Remote
Journée de la francophonie
Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) and its partners invite you to celebrate the French-speaking world! Numerous events are organized during this festival, celebrating the colors, flavors and stories of French-speaking Africa.

Program

Thursday, March 18

  • Heritage in Africa: realities, potentials and challenges
    2:00-3:30 p.m., round table
  • "Le grain de la parole": multimedia exhibition around African worlds
    From March 18 to April 16, multimedia exhibition
  • Reading in Delirium: Unexpected Journeys in Contemporary African Literature
    16h, reading workshop
  • Geographical tour of the French language in the space of Dahomey through tales
    18h-18h45, storytelling with music

Friday, March 19th

  • Dynamics of language contacts in French-speaking African countries
    10:00-11:00 am, plenary conference
  • The impact of local languages in the construction of African Francophonies
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Round Table
  • Gastronomy of Africa, a cooking session to be discovered live
    18h-19h, cooking workshop

Saturday, March 20th

  • French-speaking linguistic walk in Morocco through several regional tales
    10am-11am, storytelling with music
  • Gastronomy of Africa, a cooking session to be discovered live
    11am-12pm, cooking workshop
Published on  February 9, 2021
Updated on  February 10, 2021