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The Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Banjul is proud to host, for the second consecutive year, the writing residency for the “FESTHI”<\/strong>. FESTHI, an inter-school theater festival supported by the French Embassy in Senegal and Gambia, has been taking place in these two countries for four years. This festival provides a platform where thousands of students, from elementary to high school, perform plays written during a writing residency by French-speaking authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In April 2025, the writing residency will host three authors: Amina Jules Dia<\/strong>, Kouam Tawa<\/strong>, and Adebayo Adjaho<\/strong>. Throughout the month, these authors will draw inspiration from their Gambian discoveries to write plays on the theme “Create, Innovate, and Venture in French”<\/em>, aimed at young Senegalese and Gambian students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The written plays will be illustrated, edited, and distributed to the participating classes in Senegal and Gambia. This project, which promotes the French language, supports creation and innovation, while strengthening the cultural ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Adebayo Adjaho, a philosophy teacher, poet, and playwright, is originally from Porto-Novo, Benin. He took his first steps in the world of literature with the Biscottes Litt\u00e9raires blog. He is also interested in\u00a0slam<\/strong>: in 2018, he won the national slam and poetry competition in Benin, representing his country at the first edition of the\u00a0African Slam and Poetry Cup in Chad<\/strong>. From 2018 to 2023, he dedicated himself to slam projects while developing his dramatic writing, creating plays such as\u00a0Les grands guignols de l\u2019invisible<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0La g\u00e2chette.<\/em>\u00a0In 2024, he contributed to the writing of the collection\u00a0Xanu Xami<\/em>\u00a0and wrote the play\u00a0Les oubliables\u00a0<\/em>during a writing residency in Benin. His play has already been performed over\u00a0twenty times\u00a0<\/strong>and was presented at the Rencontres Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Jeune Public Festival in Benin in August 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Writing Residency “FESTHI” \u2013 April 2025 The Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Banjul is proud to host, for the second consecutive year, the writing residency for the “FESTHI”. FESTHI, an inter-school theater festival supported by the French Embassy in Senegal and Gambia, has been taking place in these two countries for four years. This festival provides a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residence-en"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Invited Authors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
An Interschool Collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
ADEBAYO ADJAHO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n