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Books from
Togo
Contact: Edem K. Adjeoda
maison_quartier@stejtogo.org
This choice of picture books was made by all the members of “LIRE Togo”.
“LIRE Togo” is a network of libraries located in the Lomé – the capital – area,
and its goal is the promotion of reading in Togo, among children and young
adults but also among the general public, without any distinction of age,
sex or religious beliefs.
“Lecture et Information en Réseau pour l’Education au Togo (LIRE)
Togo” (liretogo.org) brings together seven libraries : STEJ (Sainte Thérèse
de l’Enfant Jésus), CKJ (Club Kisito Jeunesse), Étoile, Akplanu, Mytronunya,
CCL (Centre Culturel Loyola) and Maison des Jeunes of Maison TV5 Monde.
The list of picture books starts with the most voted for and reflects the
preferences of young readers of the seven libraries in the network, which
organized activities so that children could vote.
Some of the chosen books, such as Le Caïman sacré and Le Bon, la bourse
et le corrompu, reflect, in a way, Togoleses’ realities, our own realities.
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Folika • Maxime Adoko, ill.
Akuété mon frère [Akuété my brother]
Graines de pensées, Ruisseaux d’Afrique, 2008 • ISBN 978-2-916101-13-2 and 978-99919-63-35-8
Akuété never parts from the statuette of Akuélé,
his twin brother who is dead. One day, his
parents take him for the first time to his home
town, for the harvest feast. But on the way there,
the statuette mysteriously disappears. After the
story, information is given on the cult of twins –
in particular regarding the Kabyè people in North
Togo – which is widely spread in all the Gulf of
Guinea. The cult of twins is the theme of picture
books from Ivory Coast too.
Akuélé ne se sépare jamais de la statuette de Akuété,
son frère jumeau aujourd’hui décédé. Un jour, ses
parents décident de lui faire connaître son village
d’origine où a lieu la fête des moissons. Mais en cours
de route, la statuette disparaît mystérieusement.
Dossier sur le culte des jumeaux, abordé ici plus
particulièrement chez les Kabyè du nord Togo, mais
répandu dans tout le golfe de Guinée. Le thème du
culte des jumeaux est présent également dans des
albums ivoiriens.
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