Alliance Française celebrates patois, creole culture

The Alliance Française will celebrate patois language and creole culture for its October cultural agenda titled Kreyol Month. Events will take place online and in-person and include a lecture, competition and conference.

October 13,
6 pm: lecture – The Drive to Creolise Popular Culture and the Creole Dynamic in St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago with Dr Travis Weekes; at the Alliance Française, 17 Alcazar Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain and Facebook live.

October 22,
3 pm: It’s a Wrap! Competition on best-looking Madras head tie with Sonja Dumas, on Zoom.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81169867165pwd=QVpGdmN6Wnl4cWx3TlNZMWdsb25Vdz09

October 27, 6 pm: Parlè Littérature – Simone Schwarz-Bart, Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle/The Bridge Beyond; Alliance Française with Enya Lainé;

Abstract link : https://bit.ly/3RREtHA (This book is available at the Alliance).

October 28,
9 am-8 pm: Patwa Fèt at Desperadoes panyard, Tragarete Road, Port of Spain.

October 29, 4 pm: conference – French Creole is Alive – Safeguarding our Pan-Caribbean Intangible and Living Cultural Heritage with Dr Jo-Anne Ferreira and Nnamdi Hodge; Mille Fleurs, Queen's Park West, Port of Spain.