Visages du féminin et esthétique du mythe chez Jean-Marie Adiaffi

Visages du féminin et esthétique du mythe chez Jean-Marie Adiaffi by Amadou Ouédraogo, preface by Gaëtan Brulotte About the Book While in most African cultures and beliefs mythical characters are almost exclusively male figures, in the work of novelist and poet Jean-Marie Adiaffi (from Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa), female figures stand and act as preeminent mythical characters who attain divine and transcendent proportions at times. Whether they appear as mythical characters, or whether they are ordinary characters with “mythical dispositions,” female figures are portrayed as being part of some abstruse reality, as sharing some of the “obscure” attributes known to be the prerogative of transcendent forces. They stand as central figures in legends, folktales, and allegories, and act as key agents in certain ritual performances, which associates them with the realm of the unknown, thus transcending the confines of human condition, stature, and faculties. This innovative vision of the fem