Theatre
L'Aube des béliers
Not translated into English
Gaoussou Diawara · 1972
Synopsis
Tired of being slaughtered at every festival, the sheep rebel. A war begins between them and the humans, who intend to keep their dominion over the animals. That is all that is known of the play: its summary, taken from the critical sheet of the competition to which it was submitted, is the only one that has been published, and neither the detail of the scenes nor its characters are described.
Context
The text was submitted to the inter-African theatre competition organised by French radio, which published it in 1972 with its critical sheets; the radio issued another edition in 1975, which the author's obituary, published in Bamako, dates to 1973. It precedes L'Heure du choix, published in Paris by Oswald in 1979, and Abubakari II, published in Brussels by Lansman in 1992, devoted to the Mandinka explorer of that name.
Who it is for
A short play, in French, of fewer than a hundred pages, built like a fable whose heroes are animals.
Prizes and reception
Winner of the Radio France Internationale inter-African theatre competition in 1975, according to the Malian press.