In his book “Art oratoire: auto regeneratiescence du conte” Massamba Guèye says that storytelling is not a trivial act. To tell is to reveal a position, sometimes a struggle, an ideology, a state of mind. To tell is to commit oneself somewhere, not to accept to suffer things. Despite the modernity of the communication tools, the tale is at the heart of our cities. It remains, it lives on, it continues. Like a chameleon, it adapts. Nowadays, storytelling has gone from a social practice to a storytelling tool to promote the values of the past. To learn more, the Ze-Africanews team went to meet him for an exclusive interview.
By adapting to the different spaces, both the storyteller and the tale became spectacular in every sense of the word before appropriating these same spaces, as well as their audiences, for their survival. This study by Dr. Massamba Guéye, Storyteller and Expert in Oratory Art, allows us to understand why storytelling has become an art of the stage before showing how, through the choice of certain dominant themes, neo-storytellers, while extending certain invariants, They are based on the political-ideological approach to a modern society in the midst of a crisis of values. It is a question of trying to understand the mechanisms of its self-regeneration.
Biography
Dr. Massamba Guèye did a unique thesis at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar in 2009/2010 in Senegal. He has been a French teacher since 1992. He also produces, directs and hosts the bilingual radio program “Contes et légendes” Français/Wolof on RSI every Wednesday and Sunday from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. since 2001. In addition, he writes the weekly column on languages and Literatures «Maux des mots» on the national television of Senegal RTS1. A storyteller, playwright and poet, he took a closer look at the world of orality and African languages, especially the Wolof that he learned to write from 1979 in Louga. Since 1986, he has been researching the richness and quality of Wolofs expressions according to the different levels of public culture during his storytelling sessions in festivals and theatre around the world. He is also an international consultant in culture and pedagogy. Massamba Guèye is the author of several storytelling and theatre books, including Héritage et autres contes… ,Dakar, 2002, Ed Le Nègre International, 57p; Modou le riche bavard, Dakar, 2002, Ed Le Nègre International, 25p; Tout conte fait … (cd-book ) , Dakar, 2008, Ed Le Nègre International, 57p; Sénegaltés, paroles africains (théâtre), Dakar, 2011, Ed Le Nègre International, 57p; Le Totem, et Les aventures des sœurs gourmandes (book de lecture du Ministère de l’Education Nationale), Ed de la Brousse, 2010.
