Intervention : Xavier Garnier

I would like to present some nursery rhymes that I recorded in Zanzibar City during the summer of 1990. These songs, always accompanied by playful gestures, are connected to the bodies by the voices and the rythms that propel them. Caught between the sounds of the words and the movements of the bodies, enigmatic sociopolitical messages rise from these lively songs.

Thematic axes : Intermédialités, interartialités, Humanités environnementales et médicales

Research programmes : IUF (2020-2025): Cartographie écopoétique des littératures africaines

Keywords : Literature & Contexts

Updated on 23/04/2026