La construction du personnage assurance-vie infructueuse dans Le Ventre de l’Atlantique de Fatou Diome The construction of the unsuccessful life insurance character Le Ventre de l’Atlantique by Fatou Diome
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ABSTRACT: Giving birth to children has become a way to buy life insurance in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Since children have an obligation to take care of their parents. This is precisely what Fatou Diome’s Le Ventre de l’Atlantique (2003) portrays, through a budding footballer named Moussa whose scout Jean-Charles Sauveur predicted a great career in French and even European clubs. Unfortunately, his soccer career will suddenly come to an end. He will experience social precariousness in France before being deported for illegal residence. His return to his native country will further increase his suffering because everyone will disassociate themselves from him on the grounds that he is worthless because he could not make a fortune in France. Behind his social rejection with tragic consequences, the author strongly criticizes the alleged African family love.
RÉSUMÉ: Mettre au monde des enfants est devenu une manière de souscrire à une assurance-vie dans certaines contrées d’Afrique subsaharienne. Puisque les enfants ont l’obligation de prendre soin de leurs parents. C’est précisément ce que met en scène Le Ventre de l’Atlantique (2003) de Fatou Diome, à travers un footballeur en herbe nommé Moussa à qui son recruteur Jean-Charles Sauveur prédisait une grande carrière dans les clubs français voire européens. Malheureusement, sa carrière footballistique va subitement prendre fin. Il va connaître la précarité sociale en France avant d’être expulsé pour séjour irrégulier. Son retour au pays natal va davantage accroire sa souffrance car tout le monde va se désolidariser de lui au motif qu’il ne vaut rien parce qu’il n’a pas pu faire fortune en France. Derrière son rejet social aux conséquences tragiques, l’auteure critique vivement le prétendu amour familial africain.
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