Theatre
Le Crime de la dot
Not translated into English
Djimet Kari · 1983
Synopsis
This drama in four acts takes as its subject the dowry, which the groom's family must pay to the bride's, and its title names it a crime. An anthology of Central African literatures says it was much appreciated by the Chadian public. Its plot is not summarised: it is not known who its characters are or how the drama unfolds, and the printed text has no entry in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Context
The play was published in N'Djaména thanks to the Chadian National Commission for UNESCO, which also published Deurkass, by Moyoro Beyassoum; an international encyclopaedia of theatre lists it, with the same UNESCO mention, in its bibliography on Chad. In 1995, a Francophone anthology devoted to Central Africa cites it alongside Soudangou ou les Vicissitudes du pouvoir, by Nétonon Ndjekery, in its survey of Chadian theatre. No translation is known, and the edition bears no date in the bibliographies.
Who it is for
A play in French, in four acts, published in N'Djamena and absent from the major libraries, for those looking for Chadian theatre.
Prizes and reception
According to a French-language anthology published in 1995, it was very popular with audiences in Chad.