Theatre
Le Camp tend la sébile
Not translated into English
Koulsy Lamko · 1993
Synopsis
The action takes place in a camp where men and women who have fled the war in N'Djamena survive in destitution. The war drove them out of the capital; camp life adds to their pain, amid waiting, misery and degradation. Among them, a destabilised figure, said to be mad, carries in his ramblings the voice of those who have none. The play denounces the misfortunes of war and exodus.
Context
The play was published in 1993 by the Presses universitaires de Limoges, together with the Ligue des droits de l'homme; some bibliographies date it to 1988. Several of the author's texts were conceived at the Maison des auteurs of the festival des francophonies in Limoges. Jacques Chevrier places it in the first vein of his theatre, devoted to the misfortunes of African wars and to exodus, before a return to oral traditions; the journal Notre Librairie sees in it a slow descent into the abysses of pain.
Who it is for
A short, dark play, in French; it can be read without knowing the history of the Chadian wars.
Prizes and reception
According to Jacques Chevrier, Koulsy Lamko's plays have often enjoyed great success on stage.
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