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Sous Fer
Paperback
ISBN13: 9789995299613
Publisher: Editions Figuira
Published: Jul 3 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: French
Deux générations, deux tentatives de conduire sa vie sans sacrifier aux exigences d'une société dans laquelle la famille décide pour l'individu. Fata et Kanda, mariés sous le régime de la monogamie contre la volonté de la famille de Kanda, en subissent les conséquences tous les jours. Victimes d'une exclusion que rien ne semble pouvoir remettre en cause, ils élèvent leur fille Nana dans un cadre apparemment affranchi des pesanteurs traditionnelles. Destinée à des études de médecine, protégée de l'excision (la mise sous fer ) par sa mère dont le travail consiste à sensibiliser la population sur ses conséquences, Nana semble avoir échappé à l'emprise d'autrui sur sa vie. Pourtant, les contradictions de chacun de ses parents la mettront au centre de la tension entre respect des coutumes et désir d'émancipation. Fatoumata Keita pose à sa manière intimiste, mesurée et non moins franche, un regard sociologique sur la société malienne, où l'excision participe comme d'autres pratiques au contrôle des
Two generations, two attempts to lead lives without sacrificing themselves to the demands of a society in which the family decides for the individual. Fata and Kanda, married under a monogamous system against the wishes of Kanda's family, suffer the consequences every day. Victims of an exclusion that nothing seems able to challenge, they raise their daughter Nana in an environment seemingly free from traditional constraints. Destined for medical studies, protected from female genital mutilation (FGM) by her mother, whose work consists of raising awareness about its consequences, Nana seems to have escaped the control of others over her life. Yet, the contradictions of each of her parents will place her at the center of the tension between respect for customs and the desire for emancipation. Fatoumata Keita, in her intimate, measured, and no less frank style, offers a sociological perspective on Malian society, where FGM, like other practices, contributes to the control of
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