Published Wednesday, September 1, 2010 North-South
A tribute was paid yesterday to Bernard B. Dadi, Ivorian writer. It was decided that the Palace of Culture Treichville now bears his name.
He promised to revive his daughter to 31 August. Well, it's done. Bernard Koffi Binlin (Blin good name) Dadié has a new life. And it will pass by the name of one of the most beautiful temples of cultural Ivory Coast. It is the representative of the Secretary General of the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF) Abdou Diouf, Ousmane Paye, who has announced. The Palace Treichville culture is now called the cultural center Binlin Bernard Dadi. It was at the ceremony to honor the man of letters Ivorian yesterday at Treichville. The president, Laurent Gbagbo, has willed it so. Dear big brother, dear comrade, I have nothing to give. But in the position I am, what I can do is to act so that your name be deleted from the list of Côte d'Ivoire, "said the head of state. According to him, we do not celebrate Bernard Dadié because he has a nice pen, but because it defends a noble cause. For, says he "can not be a great writer without defending a great cause." The least we can say is that the writer has managed to move African power brokers of the caliber of Seydou Badian and Cheikh Hamidou Kane. But also the former President of Dahomey (now Benin), Emile Derlin Zinsou. Locally, they were all present. Furthermore the Head of State and his wife, there were his friends from the academy of sciences, arts, culture of Africa and the Diaspora (Ascade) led by Bartholomew Kotchi, the National Congress of resistance for Democracy (NDRC), the Association of Writers of Côte d'Ivoire (AECI). Evidence on the life of the author, the subtlety of his style, the beauty of his texts were reviewed through fresco, theater and poetry. The speakers heaped praise on the place of this man. They welcomed this man sincere, free, fighting, compassionate. In sum, a glorious memory. And Bartholomew Kotchi to redeem himself: "I was wondering if Dadié was not our Montesquieu. But today I say, Dadi Dadi is. "
A. Sanou / www.nordsudquotidien.com
A tribute was paid yesterday to Bernard B. Dadi, Ivorian writer. It was decided that the Palace of Culture Treichville now bears his name.
He promised to revive his daughter to 31 August. Well, it's done. Bernard Koffi Binlin (Blin good name) Dadié has a new life. And it will pass by the name of one of the most beautiful temples of cultural Ivory Coast. It is the representative of the Secretary General of the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF) Abdou Diouf, Ousmane Paye, who has announced. The Palace Treichville culture is now called the cultural center Binlin Bernard Dadi. It was at the ceremony to honor the man of letters Ivorian yesterday at Treichville. The president, Laurent Gbagbo, has willed it so. Dear big brother, dear comrade, I have nothing to give. But in the position I am, what I can do is to act so that your name be deleted from the list of Côte d'Ivoire, "said the head of state. According to him, we do not celebrate Bernard Dadié because he has a nice pen, but because it defends a noble cause. For, says he "can not be a great writer without defending a great cause." The least we can say is that the writer has managed to move African power brokers of the caliber of Seydou Badian and Cheikh Hamidou Kane. But also the former President of Dahomey (now Benin), Emile Derlin Zinsou. Locally, they were all present. Furthermore the Head of State and his wife, there were his friends from the academy of sciences, arts, culture of Africa and the Diaspora (Ascade) led by Bartholomew Kotchi, the National Congress of resistance for Democracy (NDRC), the Association of Writers of Côte d'Ivoire (AECI). Evidence on the life of the author, the subtlety of his style, the beauty of his texts were reviewed through fresco, theater and poetry. The speakers heaped praise on the place of this man. They welcomed this man sincere, free, fighting, compassionate. In sum, a glorious memory. And Bartholomew Kotchi to redeem himself: "I was wondering if Dadié was not our Montesquieu. But today I say, Dadi Dadi is. "
A. Sanou / www.nordsudquotidien.com
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