Minon, Red Earth

Théâtre Ouvert, 159 Avenue Gambetta

Minon, red land. Minon tells her journey to discover the hero of her childhood, King Béhanzin. A national figure of Benin, he resisted the French colonization of the Kingdom of Dahomey at the end of the 19th century, then was deported for twelve years to Martinique, before dying on the return from exile in Algeria. With the help of banners and a pop-up book, she confronts the reality of the myth, and she leafs through it trying to understand its complexity. In the face of the legacy of deportation, the text offers itself as a response and a repair, allowing to rooted in a…