Martina Treu

Kossi Efoui is an African playwright, journalist and novelist, born in Togo in 1962. In the early 90s, he took part in a non-violent movement against the regime: he had to escape his Country and, since then, he has been living in France. Thus, in his novels and plays, the most recurrent themes are the conflicting memories of his Country, the complex feelings of the exiled, the seeking of a new identity, the critical reflection on the role of African writers who live abroad after their Diaspora...