The writer Maryse Condé received the Grand Prix Littéraire de la Femme: Alain-Boucheron prize for her book "Moi, Tituba sorcière... Noire de Salem". She is interviewed here on this award and evokes the will of the jurors to reward a woman with committed writings.
Maryse CONDÉ, writer and professor of Literature, is interviewed by Bernard PIVOT following the publication of her book "Ségou: Les murailles de la terre". The latter is impressed by his knowledge of Africa. She then evokes Mali and her love at first sight for this country.
Sylvie and Aïcha Condé, the daughters of Maryse Condé evoke their childhood in Africa. They trace their experiences in several countries according to political hazards. Maryse Condé explains why she has resided in many African countries without settling there.
Maryse Condé evokes her work Ségou which takes place in the city of the same name in Mali. It is a book that criticizes the western vision of Africa and its classification in relation to an idea of progress, very western too.
Maryse Condé talks about her beginnings in writing. She was 7 when she wrote her first book. It was a play and her mother was the only character; she hated. This was very formative for the writer. His first manuscript was published thanks to a friend who ran a collection and wanted to publish a writing by a black woman. This book, Hérémakhonon, had no success at the time. She feels that being a woman in literature has helped her.
Maryse CONDE is based at Harvard, the most famous university in the United States. The Guadeloupean writer will teach Francophone Caribbean literature and Women studies. After having given courses in other American universities, it is a consecration and its reputation regarding the Caribbean culture is something.