Minon terre rouge - FOCUS #12

Minon, a young woman of African descent, recounts her journey discovering her childhood hero, King Béhanzin.

A national figure of Benin, he resisted the French colonization of the Kingdom of Dahomey at the end of the nineteenth century, was then deported for twelve years to Martinique, before dying on his return from exile in Algeria.

Using wall hangings and a pop-up book, she confronts the reality of the myth, peeling it back to understand its complexity. In the face of the legacy of deportation, the text offers itself as a response and a reparation, allowing one to take root differently in the world. And invites us to dream of an archipelagic future, close to living things.