{"id":13693,"date":"2023-09-05T15:59:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/?p=13693"},"modified":"2023-09-06T16:16:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:16:37","slug":"letters-of-hope-winner-of-littafrica-2023-writing-contest-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/id\/letters-of-hope-winner-of-littafrica-2023-writing-contest-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardien de mes fr\u00e8res: Winner of LittAfrica 2023 Writing Contest (French)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h4>Gardien de mes fr\u00e8res: une lettre d&#8217;espoir \u00e0 la jeunesse africaine<\/h4>\n<p><em>Par Laurence Gnaro, Togo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>J\u2019ai s\u00fbrement oubli\u00e9 de fermer ma fen\u00eatre la nuit derni\u00e8re. J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9veill\u00e9e par une brise l\u00e9g\u00e8re. Une brise \u00e0 la fois si l\u00e9g\u00e8re et si lourde pour avoir aspir\u00e9 en son sein tes soupirs. Je me suis h\u00e2t\u00e9e de la d\u00e9charger en lui pr\u00eatant une oreille attentive. Maintenant que mon \u00e2me a touch\u00e9 du doigt les fardeaux de la tienne, je me permets de t\u2019\u00e9crire ces quelques mots.<\/p>\n<p>J\u2019imagine combien tu as \u00e9t\u00e9 effray\u00e9 lorsqu\u2019au journal t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9 il y\u2019a une semaine, tu as entendu parler d\u2019explosions, d\u2019attaques terroristes au nord de ton pays. En voyant d\u00e9filer sur ton \u00e9cran ces images de corps inertes, tu as tout de suite pens\u00e9 \u00e0 Fatou, \u00e0 Yonna, \u00e0 Koffi. Tous ces noms qui \u00e9voquent des visages comme le tien, comme le mien, comme celui de milliers de jeunes africains ! Oui je sais que tu as eu une soudaine envie qu\u2019il te pousse des ailes pour aller \u00e0 vol d\u2019oiseau les arracher \u00e0 la tourmente engendr\u00e9e par la pr\u00e9sence dans leur village de ces hommes arm\u00e9s de mauvaises intentions. Oh je sais combien de nuits blanches tu as pass\u00e9 \u00e0 te retourner sur ta natte et \u00e0 compter les \u00e9toiles \u00e0 travers ton toit en t\u00f4les rouill\u00e9es. Tu te fais un sang d\u2019encre pour Fatou qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 arrach\u00e9e aux bancs d\u2019\u00e9cole et mari\u00e9e de force, pour Yoma qui ne pense qu\u2019\u00e0 traverser la m\u00e9diterran\u00e9e pour \u00e9chapper au ch\u00f4mage, pour Koffi dont la famille enti\u00e8re a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cim\u00e9e par boco haram.<\/p>\n<p>Comme je comprends mon ami ! Mais je veux que tu gardes en esprit qu\u2019une charge port\u00e9e \u00e0 deux p\u00e8se moins. Crois-moi, je suis assez r\u00e9aliste pour savoir que nous vivons dans un monde encore trop plein d\u2019incertitudes. C\u2019est pourquoi je me contente juste de te demander de t\u2019accrocher. De t\u2019accrocher \u00e0 la m\u00eame lueur d\u2019espoir que moi : celle qui est n\u00e9e avec notre g\u00e9n\u00e9ration.<\/p>\n<p>Oui cette lueur d\u2019espoir est n\u00e9e d\u00e8s que toi et moi avons eu ce regain de conscience comme piqu\u00e9s par une mouche pour nous sortir de notre l\u00e9thargie. Oui elle est n\u00e9e et grandit un peu plus chaque jour parce que comme moi, tu hais la violence, tu es r\u00e9pugn\u00e9 par la tendance de surconsommation qui happe notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9, tu es conscient que la terre ne dig\u00e8re pas le plastique que nous lui enfon\u00e7ons dans la gorge, le d\u00e9sert prend ses aises et avance \u00e0 grand pas \u00e0 cause du r\u00e9chauffement climatique n\u00e9 de nos habitudes de vie, que tu ne crois pas que la solution viendra d\u2019ailleurs, et surtout que tu es conscient de ce que toi, Fatou, Yoma, Koffi et moi sommes la r\u00e9ponse aux pri\u00e8res de m\u00e8re Afrique.<\/p>\n<p>Oui il y\u2019a encore de l\u2019espoir parce que tu as conscience comme moi que le temps des r\u00eaves est r\u00e9volu et qu\u2019il est l\u2019heure d\u2019utiliser le pass\u00e9 et le pr\u00e9sent pour agir sur l\u2019avenir du continent. Agir pour une Afrique paisible et unie, pour une Afrique qui plus jamais ne dormira ventre creux, pour une Afrique rayonnante.<\/p>\n<p>Alors mon ami, ce soir quand la lune pointera son nez et que les grillons s\u2019\u00e9go\u00efseront dans le silence, dors ! dors en paix ! Car je dirais \u00e0 la brise qui m\u2019a r\u00e9veill\u00e9e ce matin : Maintenant petite brise, retourne jusqu\u2019\u00e0 mon ami. Susurre-lui ces quelques mots et reste avec lui. Oui reste avec lui pour qu\u2019il ne se sente plus jamais seul. Car la solitude est m\u00e8re de bien de peurs et je refuse qu\u2019il vive dans la peur.<\/p>\n<p>Ton amie, \u00e0 mille lieux et si proche de toi.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Laurence Gnaro<\/strong> a r\u00e9cemment f\u00eat\u00e9 ses 31 ans et vit \u00e0 Lom\u00e9, au Togo. Elle est nouvelliste, dramaturge et blogueuse, ainsi que fondatrice et propri\u00e9taire d&#8217;un restaurant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0L&#8217;\u00e9criture a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 pour moi un moyen d&#8217;ext\u00e9rioriser mes \u00e9motions et de faire entrer les autres dans mon univers\u00a0\u00bb, explique Laurence. \u00ab\u00a0J&#8217;ai donc particip\u00e9 tr\u00e8s jeune \u00e0 plusieurs concours de po\u00e9sie et ce n\u2019est qu\u2019en 2018 apr\u00e8s ma participation au projet afroyoung adult port\u00e9 le Goethe-Institut, en Afrique subsaharienne, que j&#8217;ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire de l&#8217;\u00e9criture une profession.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Laurence fait partie de la troupe de th\u00e9\u00e2tre de son \u00e9glise et \u00e9crit des textes qui sont mis en sc\u00e8ne et jou\u00e9s \u00e0 des fins d&#8217;\u00e9vang\u00e9lisation. \u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 mon avis, l&#8217;\u00e9criture et l&#8217;\u00e9dition chr\u00e9tiennes sont encore \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9tat embryonnaire au Togo\u00a0\u00bb, dit-elle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Laurence se r\u00e9jouit de participer \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/id\/littafrica-2023-overview\/\">LittAfrica 2023<\/a>. \u00ab Cela me permettra de m&#8217;ouvrir \u00e0 d&#8217;autres horizons, d&#8217;apprendre des a\u00een\u00e9s, et aussi de partager avec des fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs d&#8217;autres pays. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gardien de mes fr\u00e8res: une lettre d&#8217;espoir \u00e0 la jeunesse africaine Par Laurence Gnaro, Togo J\u2019ai s\u00fbrement oubli\u00e9 de fermer ma fen\u00eatre la nuit derni\u00e8re. J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9veill\u00e9e par une brise l\u00e9g\u00e8re. Une brise \u00e0 la fois si l\u00e9g\u00e8re et si lourde pour avoir aspir\u00e9 en son sein tes soupirs. Je me suis h\u00e2t\u00e9e de [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":27,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354,631,307,216,46,17,86,712],"tags":[687,295],"class_list":["post-13693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-blog","category-christian-writer","category-personal-development","category-writing-resources","category-writing-contest","category-writing-for-children","category-youth","tag-african-christian-writer","tag-african-writer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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