MEDI1TV Afrique : Le retour de M-Star Officiel, les œuvres de Sess Essoh, Shimoni de Angela Wamai, "le dernier des arts" de Fary Ndao - 25/01/2025
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00:00It is with great pleasure that I meet you again for this new Escale Culture at the heart of Africa.
00:15In a few moments, we will talk about art for an immersion in the universe of the artist Cesse Esso,
00:22who delights us with his pictorial, dermal and colorful universe.
00:26Otherwise, we will also talk about cinema with our favorite movie,
00:30Shimuni, an intimate and poignant film that we will dissect together.
00:35But first of all, place to our guest of the day.
00:44And today, we have the immense pleasure of receiving Mstar, or rather Marwan,
00:49used to the show and it's been a while since we cracked for his musical universe.
00:53He is with us. Hello Marwan.
00:56Hello, I hope you are well.
00:59I'm very well, thank you for being present at our invitation.
01:03And it's true that we have a lot of questions to ask you, especially about your news.
01:07It moves a lot for you, especially in Ivory Coast.
01:11And before going into more detail, maybe on this very, very beautiful success,
01:15since the last time we saw each other, how has your musical universe evolved?
01:21Where are you today?
01:25Actually, what I do in my music has evolved in the sense that I have written my identity,
01:31Morocco. So I put Morocco in my songs, in the percussion, etc.
01:35And I think that's what made it a bit of a buzz,
01:39because Morocco is currently very popular.
01:42And so I have evolved, because I have currently signed in a music label,
01:46I made a magnificent clip in Ivory Coast.
01:49On social media, there are a lot of Moroccans, and not just Moroccans who follow me.
01:53And frankly, it's a great pleasure.
01:56So I think there has been a great evolution since we last saw each other.
02:02And it's true that Marwan, here is your musical universe, where Moroccan music,
02:07Moroccan culture is omnipresent, but also Africa.
02:12And according to you, what are the points in common that we have with music?
02:16They come from Ivory Coast, Senegal, West Africa, the East, whatever.
02:20And Moroccan music, is there a meeting point for you?
02:24Or is it something that you see as two opposite or different musical universes,
02:29in any case, and that you manage to merge?
02:33In fact, we have rhythms.
02:36For example, yesterday I was at UNESCO, or the day before yesterday, it seems to me,
02:39that I was at UNESCO for the World Day of African Culture.
02:41So I listened to a lot of music there.
02:43And I found that there were similarities in the percussions, in the rhythms, etc.
02:46So I think we really have a common point in music.
02:49We have a rather energetic music, I mean, how can I say that?
02:55Yes, quite energetic.
02:57And then I find that African music is spreading all over the world.
03:02And I think it's really today's music and tomorrow's African music.
03:07And how do you, if you could, it's a question that is sometimes a bit complicated,
03:12define your musical universe today?
03:18How do you see it?
03:20And now, today, in the present, but also in the future,
03:23what do you want it to evolve towards?
03:27I don't think there's a barrier in music.
03:29I mean, how will it evolve?
03:32In fact, when I compose, I don't have a barrier.
03:37I mean, I can make a fusion of Indian music with English music, etc.
03:43I just think people are starting to open up.
03:45Because before, people were a bit closed off.
03:47The audience was a bit closed off.
03:49Now, I think people are starting to listen to African music,
03:51to listen to Indian music.
03:53We feel it in the songs, even now in France.
03:55We put a lot of Congolese rhythms, Ivorian rhythms, etc.
03:58And so, as I told you, I really think African music,
04:02it's today's music and it will be tomorrow's music.
04:06And as I was saying earlier, your single,
04:10On n'est pas des Gaux, which was a huge success,
04:14especially on social media, in Côte d'Ivoire.
04:17Can you tell us a bit about the birth of this song
04:21and also the success that it is currently experiencing?
04:27The song, in fact, I created it in one evening.
04:29Everything started from...
04:31In fact, I was at home, quietly, one evening.
04:33I had the idea of doing a remix of the song
04:36On n'est pas des Gaux by Magic System.
04:39I took the guitar melody that I modified a bit.
04:42I was composing there, but this time,
04:45I said to myself, since I want it to go fast,
04:47I called a composer, a friend of mine called Shai Bitz.
04:50By the way, I thank him for collaborating with me on this song.
04:53I told him, here, I give you your roadmap,
04:56I want you to start from this guitar line,
04:58you add this, this, this, this.
04:59And so, in one evening, I had the sound,
05:01I wrote a chorus, I went to the studio,
05:03I recorded the chorus and the pre-chorus, it seems to me.
05:07From there, I'm quite a perfectionist.
05:09From there, I said to myself, once I get out of the studio,
05:12I'm going to make a little professional video, well filmed, etc.
05:15And in the end, I did a TikTok directly in the studio.
05:20I sent it on social media.
05:22And the next day, there were a good number of Ivorians
05:25who came to follow me.
05:27It made a buzz, it created a trend on TikTok.
05:29And everything started from...
05:31In fact, it lasted 24 hours,
05:33between the creation of the sound and the release of this TikTok.
05:35And then, well, there were a lot of subscribers.
05:38I think I had maybe 100,000 or 120,000 more subscribers.
05:41I think I had 120,000 more subscribers on TikTok in two or three days.
05:44And then, well, there was the video and the release of the sound.
05:47And that's it.
05:48To this day, people congratulate me for this track.
05:53And it's incredible, sometimes,
05:56just one idea is enough,
05:58a good moment for everything to go as we wish,
06:02and even exceed our expectations.
06:04And did it make you want to explore other tracks,
06:11other musical paths?
06:13And is there any news?
06:15A new EP, an album?
06:18What is actually being prepared for you?
06:22So, for the 2025 projects,
06:24to bounce back to your question,
06:26I've always made the same music.
06:29So, for me, the music I was making yesterday
06:31is the same music I'm making today.
06:33I'm opening up to other cultures.
06:35I'm always interested in Ivorian music.
06:37I listened to Ivorian music
06:39even before the creation of this track, etc.
06:42But anyway, to tell you,
06:44in 2025, I'll have my first EP.
06:46I just signed with a music label called Just One Records.
06:49It's thanks to them that I was able to go to Côte d'Ivoire
06:51to make this beautiful video, etc.
06:53So, first EP.
06:55I'm always going to launch trends on TikTok
06:57because I'm called the creator of trends on TikTok.
07:00Sometimes I come up with characters
07:02that I launch on TikTok
07:04and it creates a bit of a buzz.
07:06So, I want to keep trying to be
07:08more and more active on TikTok.
07:10And I would also like to say that,
07:12so this is out of music,
07:14we have created an association
07:16with other young Moroccans,
07:18an association called Diaspora Avenir.
07:20It's an association that promotes
07:22the young talents of the diaspora.
07:24We're going to set up workshops
07:26or things to support
07:28young artists or others,
07:30athletes, etc.
07:32And we're going to launch cultural,
07:34economic projects,
07:36projects, that's it.
07:38We're going to launch projects with this association.
07:40So, the association is called Diaspora Avenir.
07:42The president of honor is Ahmed Rayat.
07:44And so, I greet the whole team,
07:46Naima, Adel, our president,
07:48Smile, Amina,
07:50Assad.
07:52I don't want to name them all
07:54because I don't have all the names
07:56in my head, but in any case, that's it.
07:58I am proud of this project,
08:00which I think will make a stir
08:02in 2025.
08:04In any case, thank you, Marwan,
08:06for being with us. It's a pleasure
08:08every time to receive you.
08:10And besides, for the pleasure,
08:12we listen, we are not disconnected.
08:14Thank you again.
08:26Marocan
08:28Marocan
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08:48Marocan
08:50Marocan
08:52Marocan
08:54Marocan
08:56Marocan
08:58I love you, you have to say
09:00Balala
09:02You have to run like elephants
09:04Balala
09:06Braquette, aim, shoot
09:08Everyone, position
09:10Braquette, aim, shoot
09:12Oh
09:14Your boots, your knee,
09:16my face, it's beautiful
09:18You walk on me, but you don't have
09:20the level
09:22We are not equals
09:28And after talking about music
09:30with M-STAR,
09:32we talk about art and place
09:34to CES ESO,
09:36which offers a pictorial universe,
09:38solar, vibrant, colorful.
09:40CES ESO bases its work
09:42above all on abstraction.
09:44The artist does not hesitate to resort
09:46sometimes to portraits or writing.
09:48He talks about freedom
09:50and man,
09:52especially in search of freedom.
09:54CES ESO has a real signature.
09:56His works are identifiable,
09:58yet they never look alike.
10:00This is precisely what makes
10:02their power and their force of expressiveness.
10:04Red, yellow or blue colors
10:06work with a material that is never uniform.
10:08Add elements that complete
10:10the texture.
10:12Glued paper, frozen paper, fabric.
10:14The artist absorbs us
10:16in an artistic whirlwind in his world.
10:18Even if it must be admitted
10:20that his perception of the world
10:22is not always rosy.
10:24CES ESO's work is also
10:26profoundly social.
10:28He speaks through our societies
10:30that he manages to portray
10:32with subtlety and intelligence.
10:34Let's listen to CES ESO.
10:42Contrary to the ideas received
10:44about art here,
10:46I was very quickly
10:48encouraged by my father
10:50who always wanted me
10:52to have a job
10:54that would free me,
10:56that would allow me
10:58to express myself freely.
11:00It is through my reading
11:02that I fell in love
11:04with art,
11:06with the way
11:08it materializes its thought.
11:10You can find in my work
11:12the traces, the influences
11:14of all these things
11:16that fascinate me.
11:18Literature, Egyptology,
11:20history in general.
11:22When you observe my work,
11:24you can easily see
11:26that I am very much
11:28focused on words,
11:30on calligraphy.
11:32The process is very simple in my work.
11:34Everything starts with writing
11:36and everything ends with writing.
11:38For our participation at the fair,
11:40we decided to present
11:42a series of paintings
11:44that themselves are
11:46an episode of a story I tell.
11:50At CES ESO, it is also a question
11:52of a fragmented universe,
11:54of personal suffering,
11:56of us unknown.
11:58In his letter to Menelik,
12:00there is a mixture of openness
12:02and fascinating retention
12:04that was instilled by his father
12:06and his habit of consigning
12:08his daily life to a newspaper.
12:10CES ESO will come to painting.
12:12He is also passionate
12:14about the traditional celebrations
12:16and rites of his native Ivory Coast.
12:18His later confrontation
12:20with the urban world of Abidjan
12:22will question his achievements.
12:24He discovers an agitated world,
12:26sometimes unfair and violent.
12:28The addition of knowledge,
12:30learning and questioning is formalized
12:32through collages,
12:34the forms of dialogue with signs,
12:36whether alphabetic or from ancient traditions.
12:38CES ESO creates an artistic dialogue
12:40within his work,
12:42calling on the viewer
12:44to doubt his own achievements.
12:48I tell the story of an imaginary society
12:50that is torn between
12:52power struggles
12:54and at the same time
12:56tormented by its memory.
12:58It does not know
13:00how things started
13:02and why
13:04it lives
13:06in the turbulence
13:08of that moment.
13:12I tell this story
13:14through episodes.
13:16What we present today
13:18is an episode of this story
13:20that describes the moment
13:22when this society will experience
13:24political tensions,
13:26even war,
13:28even friction
13:30that will then lead
13:32to a moment of questioning
13:34and a kind of renaissance
13:36of this society.
13:38The period of confinement
13:40with the coronavirus
13:42was a positive moment
13:44for me and my creation.
13:46This period was a light
13:48in what is
13:50my everyday quest.
13:52Then I quietly
13:54took my time
13:56and observed the people around me
13:58and how they reacted.
14:00Of course it had
14:02an impact on my work.
14:04There is an episode that will
14:06talk about how people reacted
14:08during the period of confinement.
14:10And maybe
14:12technically,
14:14we can draw a certain
14:16relationship
14:18between what happened,
14:20the period of isolation
14:22and the influence of plastic surgery.
14:24It must be said that
14:26Sesso's painting illustrates
14:28questions and answers
14:30transposing anguish and mixed pains,
14:32anger sometimes, and at the same time
14:34recognition and resilience.
14:36Not detaching himself
14:38from his permanent quest
14:40for greater freedom of expression,
14:42he soon emancipates himself
14:44from the canvas of standard artistic expression.
14:46He leaves the beaten paths
14:48to exploit less known
14:50mediums. His golden, red
14:52or white paint
14:54spreads vividly on jeans,
14:56plastic, to finally give life
14:58to the free expression of his deep being.
15:00His techniques, as diverse as
15:02the unusual or ephemeral materials
15:04he uses, give his works
15:06a unique character.
15:08Sesso's painting illustrates
15:10questions and answers
15:12transposing anguish and mixed pains,
15:14anger sometimes, and at the same time
15:16recognition and resilience.
15:18Let's listen.
15:22I am Sesso,
15:24a contemporary artist,
15:26Ivorian,
15:28graduated from the National College of Fine Arts
15:30in 2012.
15:32I started this job at the end of my
15:34academic studies.
15:36It's a job I've always wanted to do
15:38since high school,
15:40to read the biographies of the artists
15:42I found in the newspapers,
15:44to ask myself the following questions,
15:46yes or no,
15:48I had to get in there
15:50and do this job, today it's socks.
15:52The challenge
15:54for an African artist today
15:56is the challenge of existence,
15:58of being able to exist in society
16:00as such.
16:02But I think that today, with the means
16:04we have, social networks
16:06and the means of communication that are available today,
16:08an African artist
16:10can have his place on the international stage.
16:12I am inspired by everyday life,
16:14realities, both
16:16political and social,
16:18the experiences of the people
16:20around me, and therefore
16:22my inspirations are closely linked
16:24to the present.
16:26If I had a piece of advice to give to the new generation,
16:28it's the advice I would give to myself.
16:30It's already
16:32to know that art today is a job
16:34that can nourish one's soul
16:36and allow one to have a social position.
16:38So to take advantage of all the skills
16:40we have today
16:42to be able to build a career
16:44and professionalize it.
16:46And right now, we're talking about cinema
16:48with a big focus on our favorite
16:50Chimony cinema
16:52by the Kenyan
16:54Angela Wamai.
16:56After seven years in prison,
16:58Geoffrey, 35,
17:00has to make a new start in Chimony,
17:02a small village in the Kenyan countryside,
17:04a place he hates.
17:06He hides in the church courtyard
17:08and never goes out.
17:10One Sunday after the mass,
17:12Geoffrey sees a man with white hair,
17:14petrified, his memories come back to him.
17:16In a fit of rage and despair,
17:18he kills a calf.
17:20The monster finds it in his hideout.
17:22It descends into its own hell,
17:24then starts to beat Geoffrey
17:26in its own existence.
17:28Let's watch an excerpt
17:30from Chimony's trailer.
17:44He's still here.
17:46Wero is still here
17:48with that ugly patch of white hair.
18:14I hate you so much!
18:28But men
18:30don't talk about the dead.
18:32They talk about the living.
18:34They talk about the dead.
18:36They talk about the living.
18:38They talk about the dead.
18:40They talk about the dead.
18:42But men
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23:54This is the end of Afrique en Culture.
23:56Thank you for being with us.
23:58See you next week.
24:00Until then, take care.