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Amara Camara and Joëlle Le Marec will discuss La Voix d'Amara, their book published by SiKiT éditions in 2020
The library will welcome Amara Camara and Joëlle Le Marec for a two-person conversation about La Voix d’Amara, published by SiKiT éditions in 2020. This powerful account tells the story of the encounter between Amara, a 17-year-old refugee, and Joëlle, an academic who hosted him in her home for nine months. La Voix d'Amara is a political and poetic journal that gives a voice to people experiencing migration. It strips away the clichés to show, through Amara’s lived experiences, the knowledge that emerged from them. Through the immense power of Amara’s poetry and the subtlety of Joëlle’s narrative, it reveals the sensitive nuances of these lived experiences and invites us to move beyond the overly rigid categories through which we view migration. Amara CAMARA is Ivorian and Guinean. He entered France on August 27, 2017, while he was still a minor. After meeting Joëlle Le Marec, he learned to read and write with her in just a few weeks and began writing songs and poetry. « My stage name is Amssi: A for Action (I’m always taking action), M for Million (I wanted to become a millionaire to lift my family out of poverty), S for Sun (it shines for everyone), S for Sociable (you need to know all kinds of people), I for Intelligence (what matters is doing things intelligently) » Joëlle LE MAREC is a Professor at CELSA, Sorbonne. The author of several books, she studies museums and libraries as places where cultural forms of knowledge are expressed, as well as research practices and the relationship between science and society. « I’ve lived in La Chapelle for a long time. Beginning in 2015, many new arrivals were living on the streets, including unaccompanied minors. Gradually, one thing became clear: when borders close, you have to open your door. Knowledge about the world pours in and opens the way to new narratives. I then began a daily dialogue with Amara. We learned together for nine months, and beyond. »
Source: paris.fr — photo: Editions Sikit