Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
I consider myself as a poet of oral tradition, using a pen. Somebody who passes on words I received from my ancestors, speakers of the essentials, masters of words, who could not write but who knew the basics: words and proverbs which give birth to the light necessary to progression. So my quest is turned towards a poetry of initiation and passing on whose only purpose is to teach men to trust on their fragility. So I created my mother tongue in a midway zone between Tégué, my parental tongue and French, my written language. Both languages are flowing inside me ; when one is conjuring up the other one is calling to mind ; one is giving, the other one is receiving. On this is lying the balance of my poetic quest.
Recommended Citation
Okoundji, Gabriel Mwènè
(2014)
"La transmission de la parole : d’une langue à l’autre,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 82:
No.
1, Article 7.
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https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol82/iss1/7
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