{"id":35,"date":"2015-09-25T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/jpv\/2015\/09\/25\/ouidah-une-ville-beninoise-la-croisee-des-chemins\/"},"modified":"2021-05-09T22:11:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T21:11:27","slug":"ouidah-une-ville-beninoise-la-croisee-des-chemins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/25\/ouidah-une-ville-beninoise-la-croisee-des-chemins\/","title":{"rendered":"OUIDAH, UNE VILLE BENINOISE A LA CROISEE DES CHEMINS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jIys_UX6Kdw\/Vf3T2utticI\/AAAAAAABHcY\/7tQdwqi-kq0\/s1600\/IMG_4355.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jIys_UX6Kdw\/Vf3T2utticI\/AAAAAAABHcY\/7tQdwqi-kq0\/s640\/IMG_4355.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>caf\u00e9 du Mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Art Contemporain de Ouidah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Il est des villes qui s&rsquo;inscrivent indubitablement dans <strong>l&rsquo;Histoire,<\/strong> aussi bien pass\u00e9e, pr\u00e9sente que future, de leurs pays.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Celle sur laquelle j&rsquo;ai, aujourd&rsquo;hui, d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de braquer les feux des projecteurs en est ainsi \u00a0une parfaite illustration. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">En effet, par son sombre<strong> pass\u00e9 historique d&rsquo;ancien comptoir n\u00e9grier<\/strong>, cette cit\u00e9 renvoie au douloureux temps de l&rsquo;esclavage. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Un commerce lucratif qui assura, de la fin du 16 \u00e8me jusqu&rsquo;au d\u00e9but du 19 \u00e8me si\u00e8cle, la richesse\u00a0de plusieurs royaumes\u00a0(Allada , Xweda et finalement Abomey)\u00a0locaux l&rsquo;ayant conquise mais fit aussi la fortune\u00a0des nombreux colons (anglais, portugais, danois et fran\u00e7ais)\u00a0qui y avaient b\u00e2tis des forts .<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Par la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration nationale,\u00a0qui s&rsquo;y d\u00e9roule (chaque ann\u00e9e) en grande pompe <strong>le 10 janvier<\/strong>,\u00a0de toutes les croyances endog\u00e8nes de la nation, outre le statut de religion conf\u00e9r\u00e9, en 1996, \u00e0 l&rsquo;ensemble des pratiques (encore\u00a0profond\u00e9ment\u00a0ancr\u00e9es) li\u00e9es \u00e0 ses <strong>divinit\u00e9s traditionnelles vaudou<\/strong>, l&rsquo;Etat admet dor\u00e9navant\u00a0(apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;avoir interdit, dans les ann\u00e9es 70, sous le r\u00e9gime marxiste du pr\u00e9sident Kerekou) la\u00a0pr\u00e9gnance\u00a0du culte\u00a0vaudou dont cette ville est un haut lieu. Expliquant, de fait, qu&rsquo;elle soit d\u00e9sormais per\u00e7ue comme le berceau cultuel du pays.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Par la richesse\u00a0(fruit des diff\u00e9rentes cultures qui s&rsquo;y sont m\u00eal\u00e9es)de son <strong>patrimoine architectural<\/strong>, malheureusement trop souvent laiss\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;abandon, le charme\u00a0surann\u00e9\u00a0qui se d\u00e9gage de ses ruelles\u00a0ainsi que la beaut\u00e9 de certaines de ses infrastructures h\u00f4teli\u00e8res, \u00a0cette ville est, au fil des ans, peu \u00e0 peu devenue une escale incontournable pour les touristes, venus de tous horizons et bien souvent en qu\u00eate de leurs racines,\u00a0s\u00e9journant\u00a0dans la\u00a0r\u00e9gion.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Elle, c&rsquo;est Ouidah !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> entr\u00e9e de la ville\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ecKIAW5w8D4\/VfCg96kSBgI\/AAAAAAABGe8\/pNatzPkTzrw\/s640\/IMG_3862.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-n8UduEoRgJQ\/VfCX5n_nJvI\/AAAAAAABGc0\/SKEvRYdHEMs\/s1600\/P1370822.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-n8UduEoRgJQ\/VfCX5n_nJvI\/AAAAAAABGc0\/SKEvRYdHEMs\/s640\/P1370822.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-rWrLt-qyr8s\/VfCXbx5oTGI\/AAAAAAABGck\/MtNWpip50ss\/s1600\/P1370820.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-rWrLt-qyr8s\/VfCXbx5oTGI\/AAAAAAABGck\/MtNWpip50ss\/s640\/P1370820.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mye0Fc8Yi_k\/VfCX3ZT9dkI\/AAAAAAABGcs\/D-zn0t4hP5s\/s1600\/P1370821.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mye0Fc8Yi_k\/VfCX3ZT9dkI\/AAAAAAABGcs\/D-zn0t4hP5s\/s640\/P1370821.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FWgOc84GUmM\/VfCXP1IqNhI\/AAAAAAABGcc\/5O_ItO49SEE\/s640\/P1370819.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nUne\u00a0petite ville (fond\u00e9e par le roi Kpass\u00e9) situ\u00e9e au sud ouest du\u00a0B\u00e9nin et \u00e0 environ 40\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres de Cotonou qui, sans renier son obscur pass\u00e9, est en train d&rsquo;\u00e9crire une nouvelle page (v\u00e9ritable fen\u00eatre sur le monde) de son Histoire. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Se\u00a0d\u00e9velopper (le taux de\u00a0ch\u00f4mage\u00a0y \u00e9tant tr\u00e8s\u00a0\u00e9lev\u00e9)\u00a0et se r\u00e9inventer en faisant le pari\u00a0(paraissant\u00a0fou de prime abord) de la promotion de l&rsquo;Art Contemporain\u00a0made in Africa (donnant au passage au B\u00e9nin une nouvelle stature de plateforme artistique), tel est le futur vers lequel Ouidah s&rsquo;est tourn\u00e9e depuis deux ans. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Un nouveau destin rendu possible gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l&rsquo;installation (financ\u00e9e par la famille Zinsou et ses m\u00e9c\u00e8nes), dans ses murs, du premier<strong> Mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Art Contemporain Africain d&rsquo; Afrique subsaharienne en novembre 2013. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Autant d&rsquo;\u00e9l\u00e9ments qui font d\u00e9sormais de Ouidah une ville sur laquelle il faudra, dans l&rsquo;avenir, compter !<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0UN LIEU DE\u00a0M\u00c9MOIRE\u00a0INCONTOURNABLE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FUC1okyP8VI\/VfF8NN5IqVI\/AAAAAAABHQc\/wvtxnYE2QJU\/s1600\/IMG_4373.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FUC1okyP8VI\/VfF8NN5IqVI\/AAAAAAABHQc\/wvtxnYE2QJU\/s640\/IMG_4373.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>place chacha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A l&rsquo;instar de <strong>Gor\u00e9e la s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise ainsi qu&rsquo; Elmina et Cape Coast les ghan\u00e9ennes<\/strong>, Ouidah est, dans cette r\u00e9gion autrefois surnomm\u00e9e <strong>la C\u00f4te des Esclaves<\/strong>, un autre important lieu de m\u00e9moire de la traite n\u00e9gri\u00e8re\u00a0depuis les c\u00f4tes africaines vers le Br\u00e9sil et la\u00a0Cara\u00efbe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Conquise en dernier lieu \u00a0par le royaume d&rsquo;Abomey, \u00a0Ouidah fut, en effet et sous le r\u00e8gne du roi Gu\u00e9zo, le centre n\u00e9vralgique de ce trafic.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0En \u00e9change, notamment, de provisions d&rsquo;armes modernes (fusils), d&rsquo; alcool et autres objets de pacotille, ce dernier accorda le monopole du n\u00e9goce des esclaves au\u00a0br\u00e9silien Francisco Felix de Souza, plus connu sous son surnom de Chacha.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Ce sont ainsi, selon les estimations, pr\u00e8s d&rsquo;un million d&rsquo;hommes et de femmes,\u00a0\u00a0arrach\u00e9s \u00e0 leurs terres (\u00e0 la suite de razzias \u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur des terres ou de guerres) et r\u00e9duits en esclavage, qui furent d\u00e9port\u00e9s depuis ses c\u00f4tes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Une histoire douloureuse qui se d\u00e9couvre, depuis <strong>le festival Ouidah 92, en suivant la Route des Esclaves<\/strong> (laquelle passe par les lieux\u00a0embl\u00e9matiques de la traite se trouvant dans la ville) et en visitant, par ailleurs, le<strong> mus\u00e9e historique de Ouidah<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808080;\">L\u2019\u00c9MOUVANT PARCOURS DE LA ROUTE DES ESCLAVES<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rfb0aO-eBvc\/Vf3UXD7ckII\/AAAAAAABHco\/kSC4Ar_jKpU\/s1600\/IMG_4185.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rfb0aO-eBvc\/Vf3UXD7ckII\/AAAAAAABHco\/kSC4Ar_jKpU\/s640\/IMG_4185.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>statue se trouvant sur le parcours de la route des esclaves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Cet \u00e9t\u00e9, j&rsquo;ai, pour la troisi\u00e8me fois en 7 ans, march\u00e9 sur les pas des captifs qu&rsquo;on emmenait de force vers le Nouveau Monde en empruntant, \u00e0 nouveau, la route des Esclaves.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">M\u00eame si je connaissais d\u00e9j\u00e0 ce pan d&rsquo;Histoire, mon \u00e9motion fut tout aussi forte que les fois pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 Difficile d&rsquo;imaginer ce que subirent ceux qui furent contraints d&#8217;emprunter cet itin\u00e9raire (originel) d&rsquo;un peu plus de 4 kilom\u00e8tres, lequel, depuis le\u00a0c\u0153ur\u00a0de Ouidah, allait les mener jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 la mer o\u00f9 les attendaient les navires n\u00e9griers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Un parcours m\u00e9moriel, \u00e9maill\u00e9 de nombreuses statues et plaques explicatives, \u00a0qui peut se d\u00e9couvrir seul ou accompagn\u00e9 de guides \u00a0(un brin harceleurs je vous l&rsquo;accorde).<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">sculpture dans la ville de Ouidah qui figure entre autre des captifs entrav\u00e9s<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1wFm8U_Sl4\/VfFMC_0wXOI\/AAAAAAABGzg\/98JkRcQoTss\/s1600\/IMG_4052.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1wFm8U_Sl4\/VfFMC_0wXOI\/AAAAAAABGzg\/98JkRcQoTss\/s640\/IMG_4052.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6NbEd-L4twA\/VfFKyhLIHPI\/AAAAAAABGyA\/Z0SxL5Etwl8\/s1600\/IMG_4040.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6NbEd-L4twA\/VfFKyhLIHPI\/AAAAAAABGyA\/Z0SxL5Etwl8\/s640\/IMG_4040.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-pPtx37cecgw\/VfFLbNaa0MI\/AAAAAAABGy4\/zKfd1zy3HuQ\/s1600\/IMG_4047.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-pPtx37cecgw\/VfFLbNaa0MI\/AAAAAAABGy4\/zKfd1zy3HuQ\/s640\/IMG_4047.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-C3I_VuNNStk\/VfFLgws5cBI\/AAAAAAABGzA\/SsFRZBR7x0A\/s1600\/IMG_4048.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-C3I_VuNNStk\/VfFLgws5cBI\/AAAAAAABGzA\/SsFRZBR7x0A\/s640\/IMG_4048.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Yu1swmSMGk\/VfFLvoojPxI\/AAAAAAABGzI\/VN_aveBpJPI\/s1600\/IMG_4049.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Yu1swmSMGk\/VfFLvoojPxI\/AAAAAAABGzI\/VN_aveBpJPI\/s640\/IMG_4049.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1gud-1_Q8lg\/VfFL4sl4eKI\/AAAAAAABGzY\/r1YvgklSo88\/s1600\/IMG_4050.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1gud-1_Q8lg\/VfFL4sl4eKI\/AAAAAAABGzY\/r1YvgklSo88\/s640\/IMG_4050.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 C&rsquo;est \u00a0<strong>Place Chacha<\/strong>, en\u00a0r\u00e9f\u00e9rence\u00a0au surnom donn\u00e9 \u00e0 Francisco Felix De\u00a0Souza (le\u00a0c\u00e9l\u00e8bre\u00a0trafiquant\u00a0d&rsquo;esclaves ayant op\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e0 Ouidah) que d\u00e9bute cet \u00e9mouvant parcours.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">L\u00e0,\u00a0 devant la maison familiale De Souza et sous un arbre o\u00f9 a d\u00e9sormais \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9rig\u00e9e une statue, avaient lieu les ench\u00e8res publiques au cours desquelles les esclaves \u00a0\u00e9taient vendus en contrepartie de biens de faible valeur.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-xXUcbmvxgSM\/VfF3l1wAfbI\/AAAAAAABHJU\/t7D3mUmDRYw\/s1600\/IMG_4305.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-xXUcbmvxgSM\/VfF3l1wAfbI\/AAAAAAABHJU\/t7D3mUmDRYw\/s640\/IMG_4305.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ljAB4p1kLPA\/VfF3X0JZ2QI\/AAAAAAABHI8\/NdmC4R-sSxY\/s1600\/IMG_4299.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ljAB4p1kLPA\/VfF3X0JZ2QI\/AAAAAAABHI8\/NdmC4R-sSxY\/s640\/IMG_4299.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MKAx41qVGdE\/VfF3cINliZI\/AAAAAAABHJI\/rsgjcMO9iOA\/s1600\/IMG_4300.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MKAx41qVGdE\/VfF3cINliZI\/AAAAAAABHJI\/rsgjcMO9iOA\/s640\/IMG_4300.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Mais la place Chacha n&rsquo;est pas l&rsquo;unique t\u00e9moin, \u00e0 Ouidah, de cet odieux commerce.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Ainsi, dans le <strong>quartier de Zoungbodji<\/strong>, \u00a0\u00e0 l&#8217;emplacement o\u00f9 l&rsquo;ordre \u00e9tait intim\u00e9 aux esclaves de tourner trois fois autour d&rsquo;un arbre ( plus tard surnomme l&rsquo;arbre du retour)\u00a0\u00a0afin que leurs \u00e2mes puissent revenir sur leurs terres apr\u00e8s leur mort, se dresse d\u00e9sormais une statue.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1ko9W8lJoBM\/VfFf2ioqVeI\/AAAAAAABHFk\/orDL-X9dgwU\/s1600\/IMG_4264.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1ko9W8lJoBM\/VfFf2ioqVeI\/AAAAAAABHFk\/orDL-X9dgwU\/s640\/IMG_4264.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-MfWoL1UkVLk\/VfFc9kdYGGI\/AAAAAAABHCk\/emhWI4ppZTM\/s1600\/IMG_4210.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-MfWoL1UkVLk\/VfFc9kdYGGI\/AAAAAAABHCk\/emhWI4ppZTM\/s640\/IMG_4210.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xdhoNZWs7yM\/VfFdXq3S6jI\/AAAAAAABHC8\/7nPZ0akGXFk\/s1600\/IMG_4215.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xdhoNZWs7yM\/VfFdXq3S6jI\/AAAAAAABHC8\/7nPZ0akGXFk\/s640\/IMG_4215.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ymSuVtRItoQ\/VfFc7lGCefI\/AAAAAAABHCc\/06IFLbUKe5k\/s1600\/IMG_4213.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ymSuVtRItoQ\/VfFc7lGCefI\/AAAAAAABHCc\/06IFLbUKe5k\/s640\/IMG_4213.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nA quelques m\u00e8tres de<strong> l&rsquo;arbre du Retour<\/strong> se trouve \u00e9galement <strong>\u00a0le M\u00e9morial du Souvenir<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Un lieu de\u00a0recueillement \u00e9rig\u00e9 au dessus d&rsquo;une fosse commune o\u00f9 les\u00a0esclaves morts avant l&#8217;embarquement ou jug\u00e9s malades, trop faibles ou de peu de valeur pour voyager dans les cales des bateaux n\u00e9griers \u00e9taient jet\u00e9s avant l&#8217;embarquement. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Des fouilles men\u00e9es, il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, \u00e0 cet endroit ont permis de d\u00e9couvrir des chaines et des fers lesquels sont d\u00e9sormais visibles au mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;histoire de Ouidah.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PxJcApjJ7MI\/VfFeOUs86aI\/AAAAAAABHDk\/ywHpZw9MuX0\/s1600\/IMG_4225.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PxJcApjJ7MI\/VfFeOUs86aI\/AAAAAAABHDk\/ywHpZw9MuX0\/s640\/IMG_4225.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nL&rsquo;entr\u00e9e du monument est marqu\u00e9 par deux esclaves, une femme et un homme, agenouill\u00e9s et\u00a0b\u00e2illonn\u00e9s..<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-I2ft-3CdP9M\/VfFdxSxDEdI\/AAAAAAABHDI\/uXY4GR4Da4E\/s1600\/IMG_4224.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-I2ft-3CdP9M\/VfFdxSxDEdI\/AAAAAAABHDI\/uXY4GR4Da4E\/s640\/IMG_4224.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2OOuIBvCFKc\/VfFd_bKb19I\/AAAAAAABHDU\/apmJXQBG794\/s1600\/IMG_4222.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2OOuIBvCFKc\/VfFd_bKb19I\/AAAAAAABHDU\/apmJXQBG794\/s640\/IMG_4222.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ig8v6KYB-zo\/VfFdxs-finI\/AAAAAAABHDM\/CALym-4gGw8\/s1600\/IMG_4221.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ig8v6KYB-zo\/VfFdxs-finI\/AAAAAAABHDM\/CALym-4gGw8\/s640\/IMG_4221.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> <br \/>\nLe <strong>m\u00e9morial<\/strong> est, quant \u00e0 lui, constitu\u00e9 d&rsquo; une st\u00e8le, haute de plusieurs m\u00e8tres, sur laquelle sont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es des sc\u00e8nes racontant l&rsquo;esclavage \u00e0 Ouidah.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ly8WRvPmmWs\/VfFeNWrGrgI\/AAAAAAABHDc\/mk6G2LzK5xg\/s1600\/IMG_4227.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ly8WRvPmmWs\/VfFeNWrGrgI\/AAAAAAABHDc\/mk6G2LzK5xg\/s640\/IMG_4227.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QRMuQ8kpwp0\/VfFe0rrFKWI\/AAAAAAABHEc\/YL5OOH-ad5E\/s1600\/IMG_4236.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QRMuQ8kpwp0\/VfFe0rrFKWI\/AAAAAAABHEc\/YL5OOH-ad5E\/s640\/IMG_4236.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pQ7gLWyA8o0\/VfFeeo3m4jI\/AAAAAAABHD8\/9Dd6ztigoj4\/s1600\/IMG_4234.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pQ7gLWyA8o0\/VfFeeo3m4jI\/AAAAAAABHD8\/9Dd6ztigoj4\/s640\/IMG_4234.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nSur la droite, un esclave, ayant enfin bris\u00e9 ses chaines, symbolise la libert\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9e !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-I24nWIhgNL4\/VfFeflRDPQI\/AAAAAAABHEE\/VMlvatYmqK8\/s1600\/IMG_4235.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-I24nWIhgNL4\/VfFeflRDPQI\/AAAAAAABHEE\/VMlvatYmqK8\/s640\/IMG_4235.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">En empruntant, ensuite, quelques ruelles situ\u00e9es en face du M\u00e9morial du Souvenir,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3ojR8J9vA6I\/VfFfsHoroWI\/AAAAAAABHFY\/YYL4DY5RbAM\/s1600\/IMG_4258.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3ojR8J9vA6I\/VfFfsHoroWI\/AAAAAAABHFY\/YYL4DY5RbAM\/s640\/IMG_4258.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cxMeV02_18A\/VfFfsdoCvMI\/AAAAAAABHFc\/-xS_wvCGlbw\/s1600\/IMG_4256.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cxMeV02_18A\/VfFfsdoCvMI\/AAAAAAABHFc\/-xS_wvCGlbw\/s640\/IMG_4256.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nje me suis retrouv\u00e9e \u00e0 l&#8217;emplacement de la <strong>Case Zomai<\/strong> dont le nom signifie en fon (langue locale) l&rsquo;endroit ou la lumi\u00e8re ne p\u00e9n\u00e8tre pas.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">A juste titre car il s&rsquo;agissait d&rsquo;une case, herm\u00e9tiquement close et sans lumi\u00e8re, o\u00f9 les esclaves \u00e9taient enferm\u00e9s (afin qu&rsquo;ils se pr\u00e9parent aux conditions de la travers\u00e9e en bateau qui les attendaient) avant leur d\u00e9part.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Ils n&rsquo;en sortaient que pour tourner autour de l&rsquo;arbre de l&rsquo;oubli et se diriger vers la plage.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>l&#8217;emplacement de la case<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-eemXiW_QQmk\/VfFfBFFLZBI\/AAAAAAABHEs\/Mp8pdzDaAiU\/s1600\/IMG_4244.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-eemXiW_QQmk\/VfFfBFFLZBI\/AAAAAAABHEs\/Mp8pdzDaAiU\/s640\/IMG_4244.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-V1uiZcaK5uM\/VfFfCwOPDyI\/AAAAAAABHE0\/slavkwgrHNo\/s1600\/IMG_4245.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-V1uiZcaK5uM\/VfFfCwOPDyI\/AAAAAAABHE0\/slavkwgrHNo\/s640\/IMG_4245.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0aoLBFnps4k\/VfFfGggCF3I\/AAAAAAABHE8\/mV9mYMmCDmQ\/s1600\/IMG_4247.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0aoLBFnps4k\/VfFfGggCF3I\/AAAAAAABHE8\/mV9mYMmCDmQ\/s640\/IMG_4247.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Outre les statues d&rsquo;esclaves entrav\u00e9s, une autre sculpture symbolise les \u00a0diff\u00e9rentes ethnies des captifs victimes de la traite.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Ainsi, le visage scarifi\u00e9, en bas \u00e0 droite, repr\u00e9sente le peuple yoruba, dont les hommes \u00e9taient, du fait de leur grande robustesse, pris\u00e9s des trafiquants <\/span>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PXAvNFghYCw\/VfFfJwKqWMI\/AAAAAAABHFE\/QpZPQEIUB5A\/s1600\/IMG_4250.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PXAvNFghYCw\/VfFfJwKqWMI\/AAAAAAABHFE\/QpZPQEIUB5A\/s640\/IMG_4250.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-pmv2Db8h1D4\/VfFfdgOs-VI\/AAAAAAABHFM\/-3VoS1uoqX8\/s1600\/IMG_4252.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-pmv2Db8h1D4\/VfFfdgOs-VI\/AAAAAAABHFM\/-3VoS1uoqX8\/s640\/IMG_4252.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Puis vient le temps de la d\u00e9couverte des <strong>impressionnantes\u00a0sculptures<\/strong> (r\u00e9alis\u00e9es, pour la plupart, par, feu, l&rsquo;artiste b\u00e9ninois <strong>Cyprien Tokoudagba<\/strong>, dont je vous parlerai plus loin) qui\u00a0jalonnent\u00a0cette\u00a0route longeant, \u00a0aujourd\u2019hui,\u00a0\u00a0les marais salants ainsi que les villages de p\u00eacheurs\u00a0de\u00a0Ouidah.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QTj3VQZFvNE\/VfFbkG2tYBI\/AAAAAAABHA8\/NHa0xIi_gZo\/s1600\/IMG_4187.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QTj3VQZFvNE\/VfFbkG2tYBI\/AAAAAAABHA8\/NHa0xIi_gZo\/s640\/IMG_4187.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NnlcjOJgVNU\/VfFbgI5mcTI\/AAAAAAABHA0\/qwsbj-kwh6A\/s1600\/IMG_4188.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NnlcjOJgVNU\/VfFbgI5mcTI\/AAAAAAABHA0\/qwsbj-kwh6A\/s640\/IMG_4188.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> \u00a0<br \/>\nJ&rsquo;ai ainsi \u00e9t\u00e9 impressionn\u00e9e par ces grandes statues\u00a0d\u2019Amazones, ces symboles de dieux vaudou ainsi que ces repr\u00e9sentations\u00a0des rois d&rsquo;Abomey (dont la tr\u00e8s active participation \u00a0dans la traite ne souffre pas la discussion), se\u00a0succ\u00e9dant\u00a0de part et d&rsquo;autre de la route jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 \u00e0 la monumentale porte de Non Retour, derni\u00e8re \u00e9tape \u00a0de la route des esclaves.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-GaIDDpuk3xs\/VfFMUCBM6oI\/AAAAAAABG0A\/hfS8ZhYgPpk\/s1600\/IMG_4056.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-GaIDDpuk3xs\/VfFMUCBM6oI\/AAAAAAABG0A\/hfS8ZhYgPpk\/s640\/IMG_4056.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RiOTKH-qinQ\/VfFbuIA8AJI\/AAAAAAABHBM\/wIodmvsUUwM\/s1600\/IMG_4190.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RiOTKH-qinQ\/VfFbuIA8AJI\/AAAAAAABHBM\/wIodmvsUUwM\/s640\/IMG_4190.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-e9SK7xVYDcE\/VfFb3onHG7I\/AAAAAAABHBU\/N9NZ9a6Othk\/s1600\/IMG_4192.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-e9SK7xVYDcE\/VfFb3onHG7I\/AAAAAAABHBU\/N9NZ9a6Othk\/s640\/IMG_4192.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LAAK5RShLvs\/VfFcMlgaBHI\/AAAAAAABHBs\/x44h3pBc8r0\/s1600\/IMG_4193.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LAAK5RShLvs\/VfFcMlgaBHI\/AAAAAAABHBs\/x44h3pBc8r0\/s640\/IMG_4193.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-jKzNaSeFGAs\/VfFcD2Xm_GI\/AAAAAAABHBc\/BwwfaP7Ewls\/s1600\/IMG_4196.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-jKzNaSeFGAs\/VfFcD2Xm_GI\/AAAAAAABHBc\/BwwfaP7Ewls\/s640\/IMG_4196.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-RWe9-JiqA5E\/VfFcQR3Xs0I\/AAAAAAABHB0\/ygimkUi-r2w\/s1600\/IMG_4201.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-RWe9-JiqA5E\/VfFcQR3Xs0I\/AAAAAAABHB0\/ygimkUi-r2w\/s640\/IMG_4201.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-SgAJ0nvAp3A\/VfFf-Y2TJ5I\/AAAAAAABHFs\/9tTgMx3zACU\/s1600\/IMG_4267.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-SgAJ0nvAp3A\/VfFf-Y2TJ5I\/AAAAAAABHFs\/9tTgMx3zACU\/s640\/IMG_4267.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z_eJnltM4Po\/VfF1MwI4B4I\/AAAAAAABHHQ\/AhWR4pMOum0\/s1600\/IMG_4282.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z_eJnltM4Po\/VfF1MwI4B4I\/AAAAAAABHHQ\/AhWR4pMOum0\/s640\/IMG_4282.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0DG9tqklnuE\/VfF1arOsvkI\/AAAAAAABHHg\/65WNdMnmUUw\/s1600\/IMG_4284.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0DG9tqklnuE\/VfF1arOsvkI\/AAAAAAABHHg\/65WNdMnmUUw\/s640\/IMG_4284.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0En chemin, la repr\u00e9sentation d&rsquo;une sir\u00e8ne, Mamiwata (consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme la d\u00e9esse de la mer dans de nombreuses cultures\u00a0d\u2019Afrique\u00a0de l&rsquo;ouest), attirera, \u00e0 coup sur, vos regards.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Elle marque, en effet, l&#8217;emplacement de<strong> l&rsquo;arbre de l&rsquo;oubli<\/strong> autour duquel les esclaves devaient tourner (7 fois pour les femmes et 9 fois pour les hommes) afin de tout oublier \u00a0(leurs identit\u00e9s, rep\u00e8res et patrie) et ne plus \u00eatre enclins \u00e0 une \u00e9ventuelle r\u00e9bellion.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Zl_EzqV4yyo\/VfF1p9jeczI\/AAAAAAABHH8\/mN6-NYkpUGk\/s1600\/IMG_4289.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Zl_EzqV4yyo\/VfF1p9jeczI\/AAAAAAABHH8\/mN6-NYkpUGk\/s640\/IMG_4289.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-s1JxGA2ta-g\/VfF1qf5lKNI\/AAAAAAABHIA\/NO4Vma_ICzQ\/s1600\/IMG_4290.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-s1JxGA2ta-g\/VfF1qf5lKNI\/AAAAAAABHIA\/NO4Vma_ICzQ\/s640\/IMG_4290.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dBHcNxV53Y0\/VfF2yorG69I\/AAAAAAABHIU\/qfYavPzZsL8\/s1600\/IMG_4292.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dBHcNxV53Y0\/VfF2yorG69I\/AAAAAAABHIU\/qfYavPzZsL8\/s640\/IMG_4292.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lfDb0l_Dkk4\/VfF2xhr-idI\/AAAAAAABHIM\/vrVH5pyl1p4\/s1600\/IMG_4294.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lfDb0l_Dkk4\/VfF2xhr-idI\/AAAAAAABHIM\/vrVH5pyl1p4\/s640\/IMG_4294.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VaqLb0PmbHg\/VfF3DXvNJwI\/AAAAAAABHIk\/OyQw6xVTdqU\/s1600\/IMG_4296.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VaqLb0PmbHg\/VfF3DXvNJwI\/AAAAAAABHIk\/OyQw6xVTdqU\/s640\/IMG_4296.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nSur la route des esclaves, le <strong>m\u00e9morial Zomatchi<\/strong> qui signifie litt\u00e9ralement en fon la lumi\u00e8re ne s&rsquo;\u00e9teint pas, est un autre symbole fort de ce parcours.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FegkovgT-Qs\/VfF0BZEci2I\/AAAAAAABHGY\/IRXgAATbHjU\/s1600\/IMG_4272.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FegkovgT-Qs\/VfF0BZEci2I\/AAAAAAABHGY\/IRXgAATbHjU\/s640\/IMG_4272.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">En effet, son ambition est d&rsquo;\u00eatre, tout \u00e0 la fois, un lieu de pr\u00e9servation de la m\u00e9moire de la traite ainsi qu&rsquo;un endroit o\u00f9 les descendants des\u00a0esclaves\u00a0affranchis, revenus s&rsquo;installer \u00e0 Ouidah, puissent se retrouver.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">J&rsquo;ai pour ma part d&rsquo;abord \u00e9t\u00e9 frapp\u00e9e par les frises, repr\u00e9sentant de fa\u00e7on saisissante les \u00e9tapes du parcours de la route des esclaves, qui d\u00e9corent ses fa\u00e7ades ext\u00e9rieures.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rS6BiF3QDsg\/VfFz4FiJyHI\/AAAAAAABHGI\/GAElspaHcYg\/s1600\/IMG_4268.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rS6BiF3QDsg\/VfFz4FiJyHI\/AAAAAAABHGI\/GAElspaHcYg\/s640\/IMG_4268.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-vhV7AF8OJoY\/VfFz41ORVhI\/AAAAAAABHGQ\/lS2M-f0Bilo\/s1600\/IMG_4269.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-vhV7AF8OJoY\/VfFz41ORVhI\/AAAAAAABHGQ\/lS2M-f0Bilo\/s640\/IMG_4269.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-MxjnPWPAqfI\/VfFz0Kt_M8I\/AAAAAAABHGA\/3WSKVu_Qf-A\/s1600\/IMG_4270.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-MxjnPWPAqfI\/VfFz0Kt_M8I\/AAAAAAABHGA\/3WSKVu_Qf-A\/s640\/IMG_4270.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-e6laCVg4IJk\/VfF0CLPv-GI\/AAAAAAABHGg\/ITR8DYKEGkY\/s1600\/IMG_4271.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-e6laCVg4IJk\/VfF0CLPv-GI\/AAAAAAABHGg\/ITR8DYKEGkY\/s640\/IMG_4271.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-H8TlwSnOJpg\/VfF0wMxOWSI\/AAAAAAABHGw\/Sq7x4mXD540\/s1600\/IMG_4275.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-H8TlwSnOJpg\/VfF0wMxOWSI\/AAAAAAABHGw\/Sq7x4mXD540\/s640\/IMG_4275.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">En p\u00e9n\u00e9trant dans l&rsquo;enceinte du m\u00e9morial, j&rsquo;ai ensuite d\u00e9couvert plusieurs statues rendant hommage \u00e0 des figures cl\u00e9s de l&rsquo;Histoire.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Parmi ces derni\u00e8res figurent notamment celle de l&rsquo;abolitionniste fran\u00e7ais Victor Schoechler, aujourd&rsquo;hui inhum\u00e9 au <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/07\/pantheon-femme-et-resistance-de-l-oubli-aux-recents-hommages-tant-attendus-de-la-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panth\u00e9on<\/a>\u00a0, ainsi que celle du r\u00e9volutionnaire ha\u00eftien Toussaint Louverture .<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Par ailleurs, une exposition, traitant notamment de l&rsquo;esclavage, est actuellement en cours d&rsquo;\u00e9laboration dans une salle situ\u00e9e au fond de la cour.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3uvYHZ--wME\/VfF0GR6oPMI\/AAAAAAABHGo\/OoTx2L2dOoU\/s1600\/IMG_4273.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3uvYHZ--wME\/VfF0GR6oPMI\/AAAAAAABHGo\/OoTx2L2dOoU\/s640\/IMG_4273.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-SYlMN5tj5_g\/VfF07oF0y0I\/AAAAAAABHHA\/ycx0oPAFIJs\/s1600\/IMG_4276.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-SYlMN5tj5_g\/VfF07oF0y0I\/AAAAAAABHHA\/ycx0oPAFIJs\/s640\/IMG_4276.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-M3jrB1u7sWc\/VfF1EPA0OSI\/AAAAAAABHHI\/aHbvUBOP1vA\/s1600\/IMG_4277.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-M3jrB1u7sWc\/VfF1EPA0OSI\/AAAAAAABHHI\/aHbvUBOP1vA\/s640\/IMG_4277.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 Enfin, inaugur\u00e9e en 1995 sous l&rsquo;\u00e9gide de l&rsquo;Unesco, \u00a0la <strong>monumentale Porte de Non Retour<\/strong>, rendant hommage \u00e0 toutes les victimes de ce trafic, marque le dernier lieu avant le d\u00e9part pour le Nouveau Monde.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-rN4GBrK7sBQ\/VfFVUcmc_1I\/AAAAAAABG7Y\/ufGoRfDqirw\/s640\/IMG_4137.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nC\u00f4t\u00e9 face, elle renvoie, par ses repr\u00e9sentations et ses bas reliefs,\u00a0aux horreurs de l&rsquo;esclavage.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mN9G0MOTWwM\/VfFW50wRDSI\/AAAAAAABG8Y\/hpnsvJymd9o\/s1600\/IMG_4145.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mN9G0MOTWwM\/VfFW50wRDSI\/AAAAAAABG8Y\/hpnsvJymd9o\/s640\/IMG_4145.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-txb9BQzyKb4\/VfFVVWpB2bI\/AAAAAAABG7k\/Q3VlKHYhbhk\/s1600\/IMG_4139.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-txb9BQzyKb4\/VfFVVWpB2bI\/AAAAAAABG7k\/Q3VlKHYhbhk\/s640\/IMG_4139.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-j0YUDclhwr8\/VfFXYHsdeSI\/AAAAAAABG9A\/-BtKMSCTWmw\/s1600\/IMG_4150.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-j0YUDclhwr8\/VfFXYHsdeSI\/AAAAAAABG9A\/-BtKMSCTWmw\/s640\/IMG_4150.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-nhN3WzwplBY\/VfFWsb0LGVI\/AAAAAAABG8A\/eHgkp5jjB40\/s1600\/IMG_4142.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-nhN3WzwplBY\/VfFWsb0LGVI\/AAAAAAABG8A\/eHgkp5jjB40\/s640\/IMG_4142.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nJXBGReKLhs\/VfFXAF3EYLI\/AAAAAAABG8g\/8Pdpdz62--E\/s1600\/IMG_4146.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nJXBGReKLhs\/VfFXAF3EYLI\/AAAAAAABG8g\/8Pdpdz62--E\/s640\/IMG_4146.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-v2QWwNO33r4\/VfFXHgVGyjI\/AAAAAAABG8o\/g9DXkKKiHew\/s1600\/IMG_4147.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-v2QWwNO33r4\/VfFXHgVGyjI\/AAAAAAABG8o\/g9DXkKKiHew\/s640\/IMG_4147.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ePO-lZ2Q5-g\/VfFXKsut8PI\/AAAAAAABG8w\/ze2Zmi8NKck\/s1600\/IMG_4148.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ePO-lZ2Q5-g\/VfFXKsut8PI\/AAAAAAABG8w\/ze2Zmi8NKck\/s640\/IMG_4148.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-j6IBCC737Ao\/VfFXQ8HLWwI\/AAAAAAABG84\/DbiR8Qybqw4\/s1600\/IMG_4149.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-j6IBCC737Ao\/VfFXQ8HLWwI\/AAAAAAABG84\/DbiR8Qybqw4\/s640\/IMG_4149.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-MHmfNlXnJa0\/VfFXuBu_WyI\/AAAAAAABG9Y\/zbx93xssEyE\/s1600\/IMG_4153.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-MHmfNlXnJa0\/VfFXuBu_WyI\/AAAAAAABG9Y\/zbx93xssEyE\/s640\/IMG_4153.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-e4E9A7brFp0\/VfFX0dhMSvI\/AAAAAAABG9o\/Ul7DMcIE5yo\/s1600\/IMG_4155.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-e4E9A7brFp0\/VfFX0dhMSvI\/AAAAAAABG9o\/Ul7DMcIE5yo\/s640\/IMG_4155.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nCot\u00e9 pile, \u00a0les <strong>repr\u00e9sentations des egun egun<\/strong> , esprits des morts dans la religion vaudou, laissent \u00e0 penser que ceux des esclaves d\u00e9port\u00e9s reviendront \u00e0 Ouidah.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Lwab3ao-QFQ\/VfFX-LbqlpI\/AAAAAAABG9w\/Cw6Y78Us0fk\/s1600\/IMG_4156.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Lwab3ao-QFQ\/VfFX-LbqlpI\/AAAAAAABG9w\/Cw6Y78Us0fk\/s640\/IMG_4156.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2EoW6YeKQss\/VfFYXGSbseI\/AAAAAAABG-Y\/GYTXrnOwU34\/s1600\/IMG_4160.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2EoW6YeKQss\/VfFYXGSbseI\/AAAAAAABG-Y\/GYTXrnOwU34\/s640\/IMG_4160.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QULsVqWRO8o\/VfFXc0b8hnI\/AAAAAAABG9I\/tVeAoQIj3Rs\/s1600\/IMG_4152.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QULsVqWRO8o\/VfFXc0b8hnI\/AAAAAAABG9I\/tVeAoQIj3Rs\/s640\/IMG_4152.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WP8scaIHebg\/VfFYtUxE2CI\/AAAAAAABG-4\/iotwxLbpbzU\/s1600\/IMG_4165.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WP8scaIHebg\/VfFYtUxE2CI\/AAAAAAABG-4\/iotwxLbpbzU\/s640\/IMG_4165.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5HALpVCz6_Q\/VfFYlfogT6I\/AAAAAAABG-o\/M-B0tBn0f1k\/s1600\/IMG_4163.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5HALpVCz6_Q\/VfFYlfogT6I\/AAAAAAABG-o\/M-B0tBn0f1k\/s640\/IMG_4163.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">les eguns<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Vibesx40nrU\/VfFYXNd6vOI\/AAAAAAABG-U\/6OWuAKd3h7Y\/s1600\/IMG_4161.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Vibesx40nrU\/VfFYXNd6vOI\/AAAAAAABG-U\/6OWuAKd3h7Y\/s640\/IMG_4161.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fqe90wPpgkc\/VfFYnYVaOEI\/AAAAAAABG-w\/OHHuD5Tzz94\/s1600\/IMG_4164.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fqe90wPpgkc\/VfFYnYVaOEI\/AAAAAAABG-w\/OHHuD5Tzz94\/s640\/IMG_4164.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bEPxDOnISeE\/VfFZhxBsDsI\/AAAAAAABHAI\/ASuWHKpMTAI\/s1600\/IMG_4175.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bEPxDOnISeE\/VfFZhxBsDsI\/AAAAAAABHAI\/ASuWHKpMTAI\/s640\/IMG_4175.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fCWFOaGgKus\/VfFZZk763YI\/AAAAAAABG_4\/FDrUObAns0Q\/s1600\/IMG_4174.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fCWFOaGgKus\/VfFZZk763YI\/AAAAAAABG_4\/FDrUObAns0Q\/s640\/IMG_4174.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14pt;\">LES AUTRES LIEUX RAPPELANT LE PASSE ESCLAVAGISTE DE OUIDAH<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-EXGwlCj4KlU\/VfCY6NjrBCI\/AAAAAAABGdM\/Z8IfhzqBuwc\/s1600\/P1370826.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-EXGwlCj4KlU\/VfCY6NjrBCI\/AAAAAAABGdM\/Z8IfhzqBuwc\/s640\/P1370826.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>panneau d&rsquo;entr\u00e9e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Hormis la Route des Esclaves, deux autres mus\u00e9es, \u00e0 Ouidah, permettent d&rsquo;approfondir ses connaissances relatives au commerce des hommes qui s&rsquo;y tint. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Le premier est l&rsquo;incontournable<strong> Mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Histoire de Ouidah<\/strong> (install\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;enceinte de l&rsquo;ancien fort portugais, Sao Joao Batista, datant du 18eme siecle) qui se distingue par ses canons et ses azulejos . <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Ce fort, auquel le\u00a0dernier directeur portugais avait mis le feu (au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1960, avant son d\u00e9part), a \u00e9t\u00e9 restaur\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l&rsquo;aide de la Fondation portugaise Calouste Gulbenkian\u00a0 (un mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;art contemporain que j&rsquo;ai pu visiter lors de mon premier s\u00e9jour \u00e0 Lisbonne en 2008).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-UrjFJnwjAXo\/VfCdExhs9wI\/AAAAAAABGew\/e8tqZZuKY_c\/s1600\/P1370838.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-UrjFJnwjAXo\/VfCdExhs9wI\/AAAAAAABGew\/e8tqZZuKY_c\/s640\/P1370838.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3_nRyGGN3Uw\/VfChfMMlRpI\/AAAAAAABGfs\/2vxQryYsh5o\/s1600\/IMG_3868.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3_nRyGGN3Uw\/VfChfMMlRpI\/AAAAAAABGfs\/2vxQryYsh5o\/s640\/IMG_3868.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FB09o6cakq0\/VfChT9LkC3I\/AAAAAAABGfk\/qS5DLzEAFa8\/s1600\/IMG_3867.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FB09o6cakq0\/VfChT9LkC3I\/AAAAAAABGfk\/qS5DLzEAFa8\/s640\/IMG_3867.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-8NIDgD-EtIQ\/VfChidKOrPI\/AAAAAAABGf8\/TJw6Rt8lSjA\/s1600\/IMG_3869.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-8NIDgD-EtIQ\/VfChidKOrPI\/AAAAAAABGf8\/TJw6Rt8lSjA\/s640\/IMG_3869.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">A l&rsquo;\u00e9tage du b\u00e2timent principal, au cours d&rsquo;une visite guid\u00e9e obligatoire (que j&rsquo;ai pour ma part trouv\u00e9e tr\u00e8s instructive), vous d\u00e9couvrirez, entre autre, maquettes, cartes, \u00a0vieilles photos, chaines et fer d&rsquo;esclaves ainsi qu&rsquo; objets et autres documents lesquels donnent un \u00e9clairage sur la traite des esclaves, la pr\u00e9sence portugaise \u00e0 Ouidah ou encore la vie quotidienne dans le royaume d&rsquo;Abomey.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Le rez de chauss\u00e9e illustre, quant \u00e0 lui, un autre aspect de Ouidah dont je vous parlerai un peu plus loin.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Enfin, dans la cour une chapelle, un ancien corbillard et une tombe entour\u00e9e de canons sont toujours visibles outre une boutique o\u00f9 vous pourrez\u00a0acqu\u00e9rir\u00a0quelques ouvrages cibl\u00e9s.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lVF1j4QFu3I\/VfE8PRCElVI\/AAAAAAABGkI\/EPmwv2E1tZM\/s1600\/IMG_3920.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-lVF1j4QFu3I\/VfE8PRCElVI\/AAAAAAABGkI\/EPmwv2E1tZM\/s640\/IMG_3920.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yxWHTRegofs\/VfChtjQWb7I\/AAAAAAABGgU\/lgSU8ZhnVb8\/s1600\/IMG_3875.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yxWHTRegofs\/VfChtjQWb7I\/AAAAAAABGgU\/lgSU8ZhnVb8\/s640\/IMG_3875.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5wg6bxNI10U\/VfCbhhqYYEI\/AAAAAAABGeU\/Uc1xN3ngRxE\/s1600\/P1370835.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5wg6bxNI10U\/VfCbhhqYYEI\/AAAAAAABGeU\/Uc1xN3ngRxE\/s640\/P1370835.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-X6u4qvUkSrg\/VfCb2Ji8lOI\/AAAAAAABGec\/k2zRa02Yxx0\/s1600\/P1370836.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-X6u4qvUkSrg\/VfCb2Ji8lOI\/AAAAAAABGec\/k2zRa02Yxx0\/s640\/P1370836.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-mcccgaW0Wrs\/VfCijNWLlJI\/AAAAAAABGh8\/ocfUYEhZrWY\/s1600\/IMG_3873.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-mcccgaW0Wrs\/VfCijNWLlJI\/AAAAAAABGh8\/ocfUYEhZrWY\/s640\/IMG_3873.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-HD9psYviwVU\/VfCiFgjFogI\/AAAAAAABGhE\/JUmhYtTBTpY\/s1600\/IMG_3884.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-HD9psYviwVU\/VfCiFgjFogI\/AAAAAAABGhE\/JUmhYtTBTpY\/s640\/IMG_3884.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3jadSSb6pJM\/VfCiMRQQcGI\/AAAAAAABGhU\/QvnV3NZw3y4\/s1600\/IMG_3888.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3jadSSb6pJM\/VfCiMRQQcGI\/AAAAAAABGhU\/QvnV3NZw3y4\/s640\/IMG_3888.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-m8xImJeck-k\/VfCiRUlq62I\/AAAAAAABGhc\/j4ymDeZOYO8\/s1600\/IMG_3889.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-m8xImJeck-k\/VfCiRUlq62I\/AAAAAAABGhc\/j4ymDeZOYO8\/s640\/IMG_3889.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YH8vX7jDoIw\/VfCioZh5psI\/AAAAAAABGiE\/_IqgyAQ0y0A\/s1600\/IMG_3892.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YH8vX7jDoIw\/VfCioZh5psI\/AAAAAAABGiE\/_IqgyAQ0y0A\/s640\/IMG_3892.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PEjJk4VGeoM\/VfE7-bevmJI\/AAAAAAABGjs\/-SKNJa-4bDs\/s1600\/IMG_3912.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PEjJk4VGeoM\/VfE7-bevmJI\/AAAAAAABGjs\/-SKNJa-4bDs\/s640\/IMG_3912.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-hSCpPN0IkO4\/VfE7R-KTjkI\/AAAAAAABGiw\/qVvwvD7LY44\/s1600\/IMG_3902.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-hSCpPN0IkO4\/VfE7R-KTjkI\/AAAAAAABGiw\/qVvwvD7LY44\/s640\/IMG_3902.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6-uOjxm_LSE\/VfE7o9-h6zI\/AAAAAAABGjU\/cOpVUV0bNIs\/s1600\/IMG_3909.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6-uOjxm_LSE\/VfE7o9-h6zI\/AAAAAAABGjU\/cOpVUV0bNIs\/s640\/IMG_3909.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rc1ZZ3kv49w\/VfE7Ztjby5I\/AAAAAAABGjA\/IZmrWzbxdz8\/s1600\/IMG_3905.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rc1ZZ3kv49w\/VfE7Ztjby5I\/AAAAAAABGjA\/IZmrWzbxdz8\/s640\/IMG_3905.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pHEGe9VLvkE\/VfCiVaZ0xvI\/AAAAAAABGhk\/xIJkr4xz5Js\/s1600\/IMG_3894.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pHEGe9VLvkE\/VfCiVaZ0xvI\/AAAAAAABGhk\/xIJkr4xz5Js\/s640\/IMG_3894.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0kSHtI7WpfE\/VfE9PDt-FuI\/AAAAAAABGl8\/zdmS33HI5kI\/s1600\/IMG_3915.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0kSHtI7WpfE\/VfE9PDt-FuI\/AAAAAAABGl8\/zdmS33HI5kI\/s640\/IMG_3915.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0La <strong>Maison du Br\u00e9sil<\/strong> est, en second lieu, l&rsquo;autre mus\u00e9e qui rappelle le pass\u00e9 historique de Ouidah.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-UQM0qZuU3ws\/VfE8cCOQbSI\/AAAAAAABGkQ\/R1i5htZVQOc\/s640\/IMG_3921.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Non pas qu&rsquo;il y soit trait\u00e9 de l&rsquo;esclavage mais plut\u00f4t par ce qu&rsquo;il a pris ses quartiers dans une ancienne demeure\u00a0coloniale (o\u00f9\u00a0r\u00e9sid\u00e8rent\u00a0successivement l&rsquo;ancien gouverneur du Br\u00e9sil ainsi qu&rsquo;une famille\u00a0portugaise), transform\u00e9e en mus\u00e9e, o\u00f9 devaient, \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine, \u00eatre expos\u00e9es des collections\u00a0d\u2019\u0153uvres br\u00e9siliennes. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Comme pour t\u00e9moigner de l&rsquo;importance des liens entre le Br\u00e9sil (o\u00f9 un grand nombre d&rsquo;esclaves partis de Ouidah furent emmen\u00e9s) et le B\u00e9nin ainsi que du m\u00e9tissage qui en a r\u00e9sult\u00e9 dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de Ouidah . <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">M\u00eame si ce projet n&rsquo;a, finalement, pas vu le jour, s&rsquo;arr\u00eater \u00e0 la Maison du Br\u00e9sil permet de d\u00e9couvrir une\u00a0int\u00e9ressante\u00a0 exposition intitul\u00e9e<strong> \u00ab\u00a0Femmes B\u00e2tisseurs d&rsquo;Afrique\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong>. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Celle ci met en lumi\u00e8re le r\u00f4le\u00a0des femmes dans les 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src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ya3bf41P2VY\/VfFC_M4G7iI\/AAAAAAABGqE\/jAZUMVnHKR4\/s640\/IMG_3968.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sZS5A9r2JYs\/VfFDXg_WOoI\/AAAAAAABGq8\/Qk6W4murXsw\/s1600\/IMG_3973.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sZS5A9r2JYs\/VfFDXg_WOoI\/AAAAAAABGq8\/Qk6W4murXsw\/s640\/IMG_3973.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g2O1h7nPbGM\/VfFDXgw0MeI\/AAAAAAABGq4\/K2cgazncu4g\/s1600\/IMG_3974.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g2O1h7nPbGM\/VfFDXgw0MeI\/AAAAAAABGq4\/K2cgazncu4g\/s640\/IMG_3974.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0jtvEiubWS8\/VfFDdoql2dI\/AAAAAAABGrM\/iQh0o3kvBrM\/s1600\/IMG_3978.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0jtvEiubWS8\/VfFDdoql2dI\/AAAAAAABGrM\/iQh0o3kvBrM\/s640\/IMG_3978.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FfMcrQ0ZQd0\/VfFEjh-e_gI\/AAAAAAABGrk\/vvmhsw6e378\/s1600\/IMG_3979.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FfMcrQ0ZQd0\/VfFEjh-e_gI\/AAAAAAABGrk\/vvmhsw6e378\/s640\/IMG_3979.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\nUNE\u00a0PLONG\u00c9E\u00a0AU\u00a0C\u0152UR\u00a0DU BERCEAU DU VAUDOU<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JhjRlrShZ94\/VfF3wxwuvgI\/AAAAAAABHJk\/DYhQVwHGxJU\/s1600\/IMG_4306.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JhjRlrShZ94\/VfF3wxwuvgI\/AAAAAAABHJk\/DYhQVwHGxJU\/s640\/IMG_4306.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>devant le temple des pythons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Dire que Ouidah est, avec ses couvents, ses <strong>f\u00e9tiches et ses vodounons<\/strong> (pr\u00eatres), THE haut lieu du voudou au B\u00e9nin est loin d&rsquo;\u00eatre un pl\u00e9onasme tant l&#8217;empreinte de ce culte d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs divinit\u00e9s, comme je vous l&rsquo;expliquais il y a quelques semaines dans mon portrait de <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/31\/au-coeur-de-la-fascinante-region-maritime-togolaise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Togoville<\/a>, y est importante.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Tenter de percer les myst\u00e8res de cette religion, encore largement pratiqu\u00e9e par la population, est d&rsquo;ailleurs l&rsquo;une des raisons qui pousse les touristes \u00e0 explorer en grand nombre, depuis <strong>le 1er Festival mondial consacr\u00e9 a l&rsquo;art et culture du Vodou qui s&rsquo;y est tenu en 1992<\/strong>, Ouidah .<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Deux festivit\u00e9s principales les attirent \u00e0 ce titre.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Tout d&rsquo;abord la f\u00eate nationale f\u00e9ri\u00e9e du 10 janvier , instaur\u00e9e par le pr\u00e9sident Soglo (au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1990) pour f\u00eater les religions endog\u00e8nes du pays, dont le vaudou fait incontestablement partie.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Puis celle qui c\u00e9l\u00e8bre, sur le <strong>domaine d&rsquo;Eug\u00e8ne Chodaton<\/strong>,\u00a0 les jumeaux. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Des enfants qui sont, du fait de leur g\u00e9mellit\u00e9, v\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9s dans la culture vaudoue<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-08HRJ_fZsvI\/VfF1iVfTMrI\/AAAAAAABHHw\/J8WQ52d2uOI\/s1600\/IMG_4288.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-08HRJ_fZsvI\/VfF1iVfTMrI\/AAAAAAABHHw\/J8WQ52d2uOI\/s640\/IMG_4288.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Certains touristes se rendent \u00e9galement dans les parties accessibles (car certains endroits, tels ceux o\u00f9 les jeunes initi\u00e9s sont en apprentissage des rites vaudous, demeurent inaccessibles aux profanes) de la <strong>foret de Kpass\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Celle-ci abrite l&rsquo;arbre iroko\u00a0en lequel le roi \u00e9ponyme (ayant fond\u00e9 la ville) se serait transform\u00e9 pour \u00e9chapper \u00e0 ses ennemis.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Mais si, comme moi, vous n&rsquo;avez pas la chance d&rsquo;assister aux c\u00e9r\u00e9monies pr\u00e9cit\u00e9es et manquez de temps pour explorer la for\u00eat sacr\u00e9e, il vous reste deux autres alternatives pour toucher un peu du doigt cette religion dont Ouidah est le si\u00e8ge.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14pt;\">LE TEMPLE DES PYTHONS <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zCwQAakl3Do\/VfF3wOB6lII\/AAAAAAABHJc\/zEJXDDxUDvw\/s1600\/IMG_4307.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zCwQAakl3Do\/VfF3wOB6lII\/AAAAAAABHJc\/zEJXDDxUDvw\/s640\/IMG_4307.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Impossible, en effet, de ne pas s\u2019arr\u00eater au <strong>Temple des Pythons<\/strong> lorsque l&rsquo;on visite Ouidah.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">En premier lieu parce que Dan, le dieu <strong>serpent en fon<\/strong>, \u00a0est un \u00e9l\u00e9ment cl\u00e9 de l&rsquo;identit\u00e9 de la ville.\u00a0Il y est, en effet, v\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9 (depuis qu&rsquo;il aurait, selon la l\u00e9gende, sauv\u00e9 Ouidah de ses ennemis) par\u00a0l\u2019ethnie\u00a0des Peda ( dont les membres se reconnaissent gr\u00e2ce aux scarifications, rappelant le python,\u00a0 qu&rsquo;ils portent sur le visage) install\u00e9e \u00e0 Ouidah.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Le caract\u00e8re sacr\u00e9 de cet animal est tel qu&rsquo;il est interdit, m\u00eame si vous croisez certains sp\u00e9cimens dans la ville, de le tuer.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Mais je vous rassure, le python royal est\u00a0inoffensif\u00a0!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0En second lieu parce que la visite, obligatoirement guid\u00e9e, du temple vous permettra, apr\u00e8s avoir aper\u00e7u plusieurs pythons\u00a0 paressant dans une case au fond d&rsquo;une cour, d&rsquo;en porter un autour du cou.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Frissons garantis !<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Je ne suis pas pr\u00eate d&rsquo;oublier la peur qui fut la mienne lorsqu&rsquo;en d\u00e9cembre 2008 l&rsquo;un des gardiens du temple posa autour de mes fr\u00eales \u00e9paules un \u00e9norme <strong>python royal<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Sentir respirer ce reptile au sang froid autour de mon cou est une sensation que j&rsquo;ai, aujourd&rsquo;hui encore, beaucoup de mal \u00e0 d\u00e9crire !<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14pt;\">LE MUS\u00c9E\u00a0 DES TAPISSERIES ET DES TENTURES VAUDOU<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FVolYcdxOZs\/Vf58AUpMZuI\/AAAAAAABHd4\/9vT7bk4GojI\/s1600\/IMG_3989.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FVolYcdxOZs\/Vf58AUpMZuI\/AAAAAAABHd4\/9vT7bk4GojI\/s640\/IMG_3989.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>tapisserie dans le mus\u00e9e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> \u00a0Puis c&rsquo;est dans une annexe, situ\u00e9e (face \u00e0 l&rsquo;h\u00f4tel de ville) \u00e0 quelques centaines de m\u00e8tres de la Maison du Br\u00e9sil, que j&rsquo;ai d\u00e9couvert, dans une b\u00e2tisse d\u00e9cr\u00e9pie, le <strong>mus\u00e9e des tapisseries et des tentures<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">L\u00e0 vous attendent des repr\u00e9sentations, multiformes, de dieux appartenant au panth\u00e9on vaudou, \u00e0 l&rsquo;instar notamment de Mami Wata et Ogun, de pr\u00eatresses ou encore de symboles faisant r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 des rois appartenant \u00e0 la dynastie d&rsquo;Abomey .<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-H53qAMvWWdE\/VfFH_srEuHI\/AAAAAAABGws\/kjQ70WuXRwk\/s1600\/IMG_4029.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-H53qAMvWWdE\/VfFH_srEuHI\/AAAAAAABGws\/kjQ70WuXRwk\/s640\/IMG_4029.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-BWXEObvOOu0\/VfFH7nzO7FI\/AAAAAAABGwc\/J7TMv_TfSNE\/s1600\/IMG_3985.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-BWXEObvOOu0\/VfFH7nzO7FI\/AAAAAAABGwc\/J7TMv_TfSNE\/s640\/IMG_3985.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ah3SJg4XAsc\/VfFFXGoonPI\/AAAAAAABGsc\/m4p4xz-xguw\/s1600\/IMG_3992.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ah3SJg4XAsc\/VfFFXGoonPI\/AAAAAAABGsc\/m4p4xz-xguw\/s640\/IMG_3992.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-V0dITm8ndQU\/VfFFasszNBI\/AAAAAAABGss\/JpG5Oay0r5U\/s1600\/IMG_3994.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-V0dITm8ndQU\/VfFFasszNBI\/AAAAAAABGss\/JpG5Oay0r5U\/s640\/IMG_3994.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pMEjbjbj8qo\/VfFFmL-0VCI\/AAAAAAABGtA\/-jntdUxFcXI\/s1600\/IMG_3995.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pMEjbjbj8qo\/VfFFmL-0VCI\/AAAAAAABGtA\/-jntdUxFcXI\/s640\/IMG_3995.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hCbFIg6ummI\/VfFFlF-xEqI\/AAAAAAABGs0\/MC4kyL0zfjI\/s1600\/IMG_3996.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hCbFIg6ummI\/VfFFlF-xEqI\/AAAAAAABGs0\/MC4kyL0zfjI\/s640\/IMG_3996.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-a45mCfHdXWg\/VfFFmonEFaI\/AAAAAAABGtE\/nirgzFXAryQ\/s1600\/IMG_3997.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-a45mCfHdXWg\/VfFFmonEFaI\/AAAAAAABGtE\/nirgzFXAryQ\/s640\/IMG_3997.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cDpLwkb7zdw\/VfFFwqEU-5I\/AAAAAAABGtU\/qTa2rH_PFHI\/s1600\/IMG_3998.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cDpLwkb7zdw\/VfFFwqEU-5I\/AAAAAAABGtU\/qTa2rH_PFHI\/s640\/IMG_3998.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FlPM0kJCEOk\/VfFF5wP1cqI\/AAAAAAABGtk\/HL3yZtjTb0Q\/s1600\/IMG_4002.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FlPM0kJCEOk\/VfFF5wP1cqI\/AAAAAAABGtk\/HL3yZtjTb0Q\/s640\/IMG_4002.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5WimqmKznd8\/VfFF8b74GyI\/AAAAAAABGt0\/0CqF_-FLGvI\/s1600\/IMG_4003.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5WimqmKznd8\/VfFF8b74GyI\/AAAAAAABGt0\/0CqF_-FLGvI\/s640\/IMG_4003.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sKjJl0VAzmc\/VfFF6-KuEYI\/AAAAAAABGts\/UlHMG_YHXVE\/s1600\/IMG_4004.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sKjJl0VAzmc\/VfFF6-KuEYI\/AAAAAAABGts\/UlHMG_YHXVE\/s640\/IMG_4004.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_aPK-g1nJi8\/VfFGHynysTI\/AAAAAAABGt8\/zml7XEMXZiI\/s1600\/IMG_4006.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_aPK-g1nJi8\/VfFGHynysTI\/AAAAAAABGt8\/zml7XEMXZiI\/s640\/IMG_4006.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z-o4MjTkQvs\/VfFGIwPYlnI\/AAAAAAABGuM\/5OAstcgyXnE\/s1600\/IMG_4007.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z-o4MjTkQvs\/VfFGIwPYlnI\/AAAAAAABGuM\/5OAstcgyXnE\/s640\/IMG_4007.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5sLhD9j7grQ\/VfFGQ6ixI3I\/AAAAAAABGuY\/R8s7jNLfRjE\/s1600\/IMG_4008.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5sLhD9j7grQ\/VfFGQ6ixI3I\/AAAAAAABGuY\/R8s7jNLfRjE\/s640\/IMG_4008.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-z5bR2dFMFEM\/VfFGSjX-z8I\/AAAAAAABGuk\/SZvHQpMxHBE\/s1600\/IMG_4011.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-z5bR2dFMFEM\/VfFGSjX-z8I\/AAAAAAABGuk\/SZvHQpMxHBE\/s640\/IMG_4011.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bvMBmnt0NEI\/VfFGdLCfUbI\/AAAAAAABGus\/zgZvDvV3CEg\/s1600\/IMG_4013.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bvMBmnt0NEI\/VfFGdLCfUbI\/AAAAAAABGus\/zgZvDvV3CEg\/s640\/IMG_4013.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5beIoWWA_bQ\/VfFGd3vLDlI\/AAAAAAABGu0\/yaMYsiQT050\/s1600\/IMG_4016.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5beIoWWA_bQ\/VfFGd3vLDlI\/AAAAAAABGu0\/yaMYsiQT050\/s640\/IMG_4016.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1iXlRgftqwU\/VfFGfsFeyXI\/AAAAAAABGu8\/MfDYK01gZ2o\/s1600\/IMG_4017.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1iXlRgftqwU\/VfFGfsFeyXI\/AAAAAAABGu8\/MfDYK01gZ2o\/s640\/IMG_4017.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XKP4h-zEGZg\/VfFGu6MF1oI\/AAAAAAABGvE\/1josmabKYBM\/s1600\/IMG_4018.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XKP4h-zEGZg\/VfFGu6MF1oI\/AAAAAAABGvE\/1josmabKYBM\/s640\/IMG_4018.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-t-_GEI2H8mI\/VfFGxAs6TrI\/AAAAAAABGvU\/xnZjrIrn6Z0\/s1600\/IMG_4019.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-t-_GEI2H8mI\/VfFGxAs6TrI\/AAAAAAABGvU\/xnZjrIrn6Z0\/s640\/IMG_4019.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wnkbjJef0FA\/VfFGworai6I\/AAAAAAABGvQ\/ucbWEnTb6Kc\/s1600\/IMG_4020.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wnkbjJef0FA\/VfFGworai6I\/AAAAAAABGvQ\/ucbWEnTb6Kc\/s640\/IMG_4020.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-h1k35_PofHs\/VfFHFe4DJhI\/AAAAAAABGvs\/bZKyzHfVNSI\/s1600\/IMG_4022.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-h1k35_PofHs\/VfFHFe4DJhI\/AAAAAAABGvs\/bZKyzHfVNSI\/s640\/IMG_4022.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xQnelK16S68\/VfFHFXdIQ9I\/AAAAAAABGvo\/NqckJFggGH0\/s1600\/IMG_4023.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xQnelK16S68\/VfFHFXdIQ9I\/AAAAAAABGvo\/NqckJFggGH0\/s640\/IMG_4023.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> \u00a0Mais le <strong>vaudou<\/strong> s&rsquo;est, esclavage oblige, \u00e9galement r\u00e9pandu dans les Cara\u00efbes et en Am\u00e9rique o\u00f9 il est notamment \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine des religions que sont la<strong> santeria cubaine, le vaudou haitien ainsi que le candombl\u00e9 br\u00e9silien. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Pierre Verger<\/strong>, photographe et ethnologue fran\u00e7ais sp\u00e9cialiste\u00a0de la religion vaudou ( qui fut m\u00eame initi\u00e9 au culte des Yoruba) explore ainsi l&rsquo;influence du vaudou, autant dans les pratiques cultuelles que dans la vie quotidienne, dans la culture\u00a0afro br\u00e9silienne.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Le rez de chauss\u00e9e du mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Histoire de Ouidah, que j&rsquo;\u00e9voquais un peu plus haut, permet ainsi de d\u00e9couvrir\u00a0 ses exceptionnels clich\u00e9s lesquels s&rsquo;attachent \u00e0 rechercher les similitudes entre ces deux cultures. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">N\u00e9anmoins,\u00a0 l&rsquo;importance du vaudou n&#8217;emp\u00eache pas Ouidah d&rsquo;\u00eatre une <strong>ville syncr\u00e9tique<\/strong> o\u00f9 mosqu\u00e9e et \u00e9difices chr\u00e9tiens (temple protestant, cath\u00e9drale, grand s\u00e9minaire et m\u00e9morial de l&rsquo;an 2000 c\u00e9l\u00e9brant l&rsquo;arriv\u00e9e des missionnaires catholiques il y a plusieurs si\u00e8cles) cohabitent en parfaite harmonie. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VjSPa7yhDFk\/VfFVGslMmHI\/AAAAAAABG68\/M_jIvbHT49M\/s1600\/IMG_4134.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VjSPa7yhDFk\/VfFVGslMmHI\/AAAAAAABG68\/M_jIvbHT49M\/s640\/IMG_4134.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>monument pour le jubilee chr\u00e9tien de l&rsquo;an 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">UN LIEU DE\u00a0D\u00c9TENTE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3jvPw9UEeQM\/VfFSvdaxO_I\/AAAAAAABG4k\/NDWMQqyyj5g\/s1600\/IMG_4107.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3jvPw9UEeQM\/VfFSvdaxO_I\/AAAAAAABG4k\/NDWMQqyyj5g\/s640\/IMG_4107.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>restaurant Casa del Papa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Lieu de m\u00e9moire et si\u00e8ge du vaudou, certes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Mais Ouidah n&rsquo;en est pas moins, \u00e9galement, un<strong> lieu de d\u00e9tente<\/strong> appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 par les touristes pour ses belles plages de sable qui s&rsquo;\u00e9tirent le long de ses c\u00f4tes fouett\u00e9es par les vagues de l&rsquo;Atlantique.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">De fait, de nombreux restaurants et \u00e9tablissements h\u00f4teliers y ont, ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, vu le jour pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la demande touristique.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">J&rsquo;ai, pour ma part, eu un v\u00e9ritable coup de\u00a0c\u0153ur\u00a0pour un complexe, d\u00e9couvert en 2008 : <strong>Casa Del\u00a0Papa<\/strong>. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Ne vous laissez pas d\u00e9courager par la route cahoteuse, de quelques kilom\u00e8tres, qui vous y m\u00e8ne depuis la porte de Non retour car outre les somptueux panoramas qu&rsquo;elle vous r\u00e9serve sur l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an ainsi que le spectacle des p\u00eacheurs relevant leurs filets, un petit joyau vous attend \u00e0 la fin du chemin.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>la route menant \u00e0 Casa del Papa\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-myGa8LnUwcU\/VfFUSUhtc9I\/AAAAAAABG58\/cF7venr0uuE\/s640\/IMG_4123.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Tp__1Q4SCz4\/VfFU7nVUbSI\/AAAAAAABG6s\/xgbMA5erJKs\/s640\/IMG_4132.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tisYUtJBRUw\/VfFU4MYQHBI\/AAAAAAABG6k\/1GUboajg-Ck\/s640\/IMG_4131.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0Casa del Papa<\/strong> est un h\u00f4tel dont les bungalows vous offre la possibilit\u00e9 de s\u00e9journer cot\u00e9 lagune ou c\u00f4t\u00e9 mer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">c\u00f4t\u00e9 mer<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-e3QZTQzJslI\/Vf3OxW6l8XI\/AAAAAAABHZE\/DEFVMRY69Tw\/s1600\/IMG_4084.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-e3QZTQzJslI\/Vf3OxW6l8XI\/AAAAAAABHZE\/DEFVMRY69Tw\/s640\/IMG_4084.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mpc1Oeayhnk\/Vf3PNMBPc4I\/AAAAAAABHZs\/yaLaezGhzQQ\/s1600\/IMG_4093.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mpc1Oeayhnk\/Vf3PNMBPc4I\/AAAAAAABHZs\/yaLaezGhzQQ\/s640\/IMG_4093.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2ERdvHFEb30\/Vf3PtKn4ScI\/AAAAAAABHaU\/s1vxltOgW5o\/s1600\/IMG_4096.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2ERdvHFEb30\/Vf3PtKn4ScI\/AAAAAAABHaU\/s1vxltOgW5o\/s640\/IMG_4096.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BP2w2WgtnUk\/Vf3OsbWLwII\/AAAAAAABHY8\/uRv0mJ4ATvI\/s1600\/IMG_4083.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BP2w2WgtnUk\/Vf3OsbWLwII\/AAAAAAABHY8\/uRv0mJ4ATvI\/s640\/IMG_4083.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-VvdPlsXX6iI\/Vf3PUVO-SKI\/AAAAAAABHZ0\/2bi4ISk8-F4\/s1600\/IMG_4098.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-VvdPlsXX6iI\/Vf3PUVO-SKI\/AAAAAAABHZ0\/2bi4ISk8-F4\/s640\/IMG_4098.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-v4p0s2ii2mw\/Vf3PFiXh1TI\/AAAAAAABHZc\/S6OYmwEUR7o\/s1600\/IMG_4091.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-v4p0s2ii2mw\/Vf3PFiXh1TI\/AAAAAAABHZc\/S6OYmwEUR7o\/s640\/IMG_4091.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">L&rsquo;autre atout majeur de l&rsquo;\u00e9tablissement r\u00e9side en son<strong> restaurant<\/strong>. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Outre la magnifique vue offerte \u00a0sur la plage, ses cocotiers et la mer, il sert une cuisine\u00a0 qui est tout simplement d\u00e9licieuse ! <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Mention sp\u00e9ciale pour les savoureuses brochettes \ud83d\ude42 <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">le restaurant\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3WabkXpCtMw\/VfFMl3CteEI\/AAAAAAABG0M\/q3_IjuJ8oG0\/s640\/IMG_4057.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dye81Cp5Uzw\/VfFS7NeeeEI\/AAAAAAABG4w\/RV_L1EKoyxs\/s1600\/IMG_4108.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dye81Cp5Uzw\/VfFS7NeeeEI\/AAAAAAABG4w\/RV_L1EKoyxs\/s640\/IMG_4108.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sqSbLLqtpg8\/VfFS7eiNUxI\/AAAAAAABG40\/97ifM2M8u6E\/s1600\/IMG_4109.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sqSbLLqtpg8\/VfFS7eiNUxI\/AAAAAAABG40\/97ifM2M8u6E\/s640\/IMG_4109.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nEnfin la belle piscine, avec vue sur l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an, est une \u00e9ni\u00e8me invitation au farniente, vous ne trouvez pas ?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kL-NoXdNlcE\/VfFNgJHP30I\/AAAAAAABG1Q\/vc8jYNvAO24\/s1600\/IMG_4071.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kL-NoXdNlcE\/VfFNgJHP30I\/AAAAAAABG1Q\/vc8jYNvAO24\/s640\/IMG_4071.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-J-4JWvCq6hg\/VfFM7fRjRAI\/AAAAAAABG0g\/G95Nf7V2Q0g\/s1600\/IMG_4061.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-J-4JWvCq6hg\/VfFM7fRjRAI\/AAAAAAABG0g\/G95Nf7V2Q0g\/s640\/IMG_4061.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xrlKdbV_pKU\/VfFMpRJYcMI\/AAAAAAABG0Y\/koF1dxs04ng\/s1600\/IMG_4060.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xrlKdbV_pKU\/VfFMpRJYcMI\/AAAAAAABG0Y\/koF1dxs04ng\/s640\/IMG_4060.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Apr\u00e8s avoir parcouru les lieux cl\u00e9s du pass\u00e9 n\u00e9grier de Ouidah, m&rsquo;\u00eatre d\u00e9tendue \u00e0 Casa Del Papa, j&rsquo;\u00e9tais fin pr\u00eate \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir une nouvelle facette de la cit\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il ne faut, \u00e0 mon sens, pas manquer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> L&rsquo;ART CONTEMPORAIN OU L&rsquo;AVENIR DE OUIDAH<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x9ndkcD44E8\/VfF31FyaEMI\/AAAAAAABHJs\/eZxEu-wuwnQ\/s1600\/IMG_4308.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x9ndkcD44E8\/VfF31FyaEMI\/AAAAAAABHJs\/eZxEu-wuwnQ\/s640\/IMG_4308.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;art contemporain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> \u00a0En d\u00e9cembre 2008, lors de mon premier s\u00e9jour \u00e0 Cotonou (la capitale \u00e9conomique du B\u00e9nin)\u00a0 j&rsquo;ai eu la chance,\u00a0gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l&rsquo;un de mes cousins f\u00e9ru de Culture et d&rsquo;Art,\u00a0de d\u00e9couvrir<strong> l&rsquo;exposition B\u00e9nin 2059<\/strong> (o\u00f9 des artistes pr\u00e9sentaient des \u0153uvres\u00a0 d\u00e9voilant leurs visions de ce \u00e0 quoi le pays ressemblerait un demi si\u00e8cle plus tard)\u00a0\u00e0 la <strong>Fondation priv\u00e9e Zinsou<\/strong>. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">(cr\u00e9\u00e9e par la famille \u00e9ponyme et dirig\u00e9e par Marie-C\u00e9cile Zinsou que l&rsquo;on ne pr\u00e9sente plus). <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Cette plateforme artistique in\u00e9dite, ayant ouvert ses portes depuis 2005, a pour ambition de promouvoir et de rendre plus accessible l&rsquo;art contemporain africain (aupr\u00e8s de tous et de fa\u00e7on gratuite) afin d&rsquo;endiguer la fuite, en l&rsquo;absence de march\u00e9 \u00e0 ce titre, des artistes du continent vers l&rsquo;\u00e9tranger. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Pour ce faire, elle organise des expositions d&rsquo;artistes ainsi que plusieurs activit\u00e9s \u00e0 destination des enfants (installation de mini biblioth\u00e8ques, ateliers petits pinceaux et acheminements\u00a0 aux expositions gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des bus sp\u00e9cialement affr\u00e9t\u00e9s). <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>En dix ans<\/strong>, le bilan est extr\u00eamement positif puisque la fondation Zinsou a accueilli plusieurs millions de visiteurs et organis\u00e9 plus d&rsquo;une vingtaine d&rsquo;expositions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> Pour ma part, j&rsquo;ai gard\u00e9, durant toutes ces ann\u00e9es, un souvenir ind\u00e9l\u00e9bile du z\u00e9midjan futuriste de l&rsquo;artiste b\u00e9ninois Tchief\u00a0 ainsi que de la maison, faite \u00e0 partir de bidons d&rsquo;essences, du b\u00e9ninois Romuald Hazoum\u00e9.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Inutile donc de vous dire l&rsquo;excitation qui fut la mienne lorsque j&rsquo;ai appris, en novembre 2013, que la Fondation Zinsou venait d&rsquo;inaugurer \u00e0 Ouidah (ville dont la famille est originaire) le premier mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;art contemporain africain d\u2019Afrique subsaharienne o\u00f9 serait expos\u00e9e une partie de la collection d\u2019\u0153uvres rassembl\u00e9es par la famille.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Sans surprise, ce mus\u00e9e s&rsquo;est d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu d\u00e9cerner,\u00a0 en juillet 2014, le praemium imperiale, ( une haute distinction artistique) par la Japan Art Association et fait, par ailleurs, actuellement partie des nomin\u00e9s (dans la cat\u00e9gorie des best emerging culture destinations 2015) pour les leading culture destination awards qui se tiendront \u00e0 Londres le 9 octobre prochain.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/07\/bons-baisers-du-village-lacustre-beninois-de-possotome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Possotom\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0n&rsquo;\u00e9tant qu&rsquo;\u00e0 une heure de Ouidah, c&rsquo;est donc tout naturellement que j&rsquo;ai, il y a quelques semaines, mis \u00e0 profit ma br\u00e8ve incursion en terre b\u00e9ninoise pour enfin d\u00e9couvrir ce lieu totalement in\u00e9dit !<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 De retour \u00e0 Paris, je n&rsquo;ai qu&rsquo;un mot \u00e0 la bouche pour d\u00e9finir le mus\u00e9e de Ouidah : exceptionnel !\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Et je vous avoue m\u00eame avoir pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 cet espace de culture \u00e0 celui de Cotonou, qui est pourtant d\u00e9j\u00e0 tr\u00e8s bien agenc\u00e9 !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 Situ\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;angle de deux rues se trouvant derri\u00e8re la basilique de Ouidah, le mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;art contemporain,\u00a0 qui a pris ses quartiers dans l\u2019historique\u00a0<strong>Villa<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Ajavon<\/strong> (laquelle a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9nov\u00e9e durant un an), se distingue, en premier lieu, par son architecture !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Couleur cr\u00e8me, cette s\u00e9duisante et ancienne demeure familiale (de plus de mille m\u00e8tres carr\u00e9) a \u00e9t\u00e9 construite, au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1920 et dans le style afro br\u00e9silien, par feu Monsieur Ayivi Ajavon (un riche commer\u00e7ant togolais ayant fait fortune dans le commerce d&rsquo;huile de palme).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Mon regard s&rsquo;est d&rsquo;abord pos\u00e9 sur son<strong> joli fronton<\/strong> lequel, \u00e0 l&rsquo;instar de toutes les maisons coloniales construites sur la c\u00f4te, porte le nom du propri\u00e9taire ainsi que la date de son \u00e9dification (comme je vous l&rsquo;avais d\u00e9j\u00e0 pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;article consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/31\/au-coeur-de-la-fascinante-region-maritime-togolaise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An\u00e9ho<\/a>, l&rsquo;ancienne capitale togolaise).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Puis sur sa fa\u00e7ade sym\u00e9trique.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-1fqu6_WPe5o\/VfF3_cPkZOI\/AAAAAAABHKA\/Qzz5HPY5TzA\/s1600\/IMG_4311.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-1fqu6_WPe5o\/VfF3_cPkZOI\/AAAAAAABHKA\/Qzz5HPY5TzA\/s640\/IMG_4311.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Vy2qsICjImU\/VfF76b5xLgI\/AAAAAAABHPs\/_zA1VzKovNM\/s1600\/IMG_4367.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Vy2qsICjImU\/VfF76b5xLgI\/AAAAAAABHPs\/_zA1VzKovNM\/s640\/IMG_4367.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-iO_aDYUWY8c\/VfF7tPGBBrI\/AAAAAAABHPM\/ViFDlG6S2rw\/s1600\/IMG_4363.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-iO_aDYUWY8c\/VfF7tPGBBrI\/AAAAAAABHPM\/ViFDlG6S2rw\/s640\/IMG_4363.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ok3OhPBvsBE\/VfF4GwnkR_I\/AAAAAAABHKM\/w8r8qjO9RrQ\/s1600\/IMG_4312.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ok3OhPBvsBE\/VfF4GwnkR_I\/AAAAAAABHKM\/w8r8qjO9RrQ\/s640\/IMG_4312.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6bDjnzA7tNo\/VfF4Lztr8cI\/AAAAAAABHKU\/442V0UUP89k\/s1600\/IMG_4313.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6bDjnzA7tNo\/VfF4Lztr8cI\/AAAAAAABHKU\/442V0UUP89k\/s640\/IMG_4313.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tMMVasItnbc\/VfF5AyAFHaI\/AAAAAAABHK4\/wxFBX9bss7Y\/s1600\/IMG_4318.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tMMVasItnbc\/VfF5AyAFHaI\/AAAAAAABHK4\/wxFBX9bss7Y\/s640\/IMG_4318.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ud40domxoGc\/VfF5cXSsSZI\/AAAAAAABHLo\/skdk6nUpfb0\/s1600\/IMG_4326.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ud40domxoGc\/VfF5cXSsSZI\/AAAAAAABHLo\/skdk6nUpfb0\/s640\/IMG_4326.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fhjlFjfzE6M\/VfF5ZwW0PPI\/AAAAAAABHLc\/MZQ_woELFD4\/s1600\/IMG_4325.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fhjlFjfzE6M\/VfF5ZwW0PPI\/AAAAAAABHLc\/MZQ_woELFD4\/s640\/IMG_4325.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Une fois \u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur, quelques minutes plus tard, j&rsquo;ai \u00e9t\u00e9 captiv\u00e9e par ses fen\u00eatres, assurant, du fait de leurs grandes ouvertures, une agr\u00e9able ventilation naturelle des lieux.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OBSjhiFMA04\/VgRZCvJqqPI\/AAAAAAABHe8\/4ehOjtIjzu4\/s1600\/IMG_4333.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OBSjhiFMA04\/VgRZCvJqqPI\/AAAAAAABHe8\/4ehOjtIjzu4\/s640\/IMG_4333.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/--RD_RB1b8IY\/VgRZAdYpwCI\/AAAAAAABHe0\/PVhW_ppAAWc\/s1600\/IMG_4335.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/--RD_RB1b8IY\/VgRZAdYpwCI\/AAAAAAABHe0\/PVhW_ppAAWc\/s640\/IMG_4335.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Mais bien \u00e9videmment \u00a0l&rsquo;important, \u00e0 la fondation, est ailleurs !<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Car on s&rsquo;y rend, avant tout, pour d\u00e9couvrir, au cours d&rsquo;une visite guid\u00e9e obligatoire (mais gratuite) l&rsquo;Art produit sur le continent africain.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Mais ici point de repr\u00e9sentations traditionnelles !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> La finalit\u00e9 du mus\u00e9e est, en effet,\u00a0 d&rsquo;exposer, sur deux \u00e9tages, l&rsquo;art contemporain africain (lequel a de plus en plus le vent en poupe sur la sc\u00e8ne artistique internationale) dans sa diversit\u00e9.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Ainsi, la premi\u00e8re salle que j&rsquo;ai visit\u00e9e (jouxtant la librairie) \u00e9tait consacr\u00e9e au tableaux de feu <strong>Cyprien Tokoudagba<\/strong>\u00a0 (qui exposa, en 1989, au centre Pompidou lors de l&rsquo;exposition les Magiciens de la terre) mettant notamment en sc\u00e8ne les embl\u00e8mes des rois du Dahomey.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Le <strong>Lion symbolisant le roi Gl\u00e9l\u00e9<\/strong> est celui qui m&rsquo;a le plus touch\u00e9e.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pilLHi6VWKE\/VfF49oh4FII\/AAAAAAABHKs\/hA63V7K81l4\/s1600\/IMG_4316.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pilLHi6VWKE\/VfF49oh4FII\/AAAAAAABHKs\/hA63V7K81l4\/s640\/IMG_4316.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nPuis dans une deuxi\u00e8me salle, situ\u00e9e dans un autre\u00a0b\u00e2timent\u00a0(toujours au rez de chauss\u00e9e), c&rsquo;est\u00a0dans l&rsquo;univers de l&rsquo;artiste engag\u00e9 sud africain <strong>Bruce Clark <\/strong>que j&rsquo;ai p\u00e9n\u00e9tr\u00e9.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Ce dernier utilise la peinture, le collage ou des affiches de journaux pour r\u00e9aliser des tableaux, tels que L&rsquo;impensable ou The Game Begins, d\u00e9non\u00e7ant \u00a0l&rsquo;Opression ( l\u2019Apartheid notamment). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Dans la m\u00eame salle, j&rsquo;ai ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 stup\u00e9faite, par les r\u00e9alisations de<strong> Satch Hoyt<\/strong>, un artiste plasticien, et \u00e9galement musicien, jama\u00efcain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Ses \u0153uvres ont, en effet,\u00a0 deux caract\u00e9ristiques : \u00eatre faites \u00e0 partir de gants de boxe, \u00e0 l&rsquo;instar de l\u2019impressionnante Thedonkingdom Jack Jonhson, et \u00eatre toujours accompagn\u00e9es d&rsquo;un fond sonore.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">En l&rsquo;esp\u00e8ce, le mythique match de boxe qui, le 30 octobre 1974, opposa, \u00e0 Kinshasa, Mohammed Ali \u00e0 George Foreman et durant lesquels les supporters de Mohammed Ali scandaient \u00ab\u00a0Ali Bomaye \u00ab\u00a0, Ali tue le.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Un \u00e9v\u00e9nement que l&rsquo;on retrouve aussi dans un tableau, dont j&rsquo;ai publi\u00e9 les clich\u00e9s sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux du JPV (pages instagram et facebook) en juillet dernier, de l&rsquo;artiste Moke (actuellement\u00a0 expos\u00e9, dans le cadre de Beaut\u00e9 Congo, \u00e0 la Fondation Cartier).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Avant de d\u00e9couvrir les chefs d\u2019\u0153uvre install\u00e9s dans les salles qui se succ\u00e8dent \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tage, c&rsquo;est en \u00c9thiopie que m&rsquo;a emmen\u00e9e le tr\u00e8s color\u00e9 Fou du Village de <strong>Micheal Bethe Selassie,<\/strong> r\u00e9alis\u00e9 \u00e0 partir de papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9, qui fait face \u00e0 la rampe d&rsquo;escaliers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Il ne me restait d\u00e9sormais plus qu&rsquo;\u00e0 gravir les quelques marches me s\u00e9parant des salles situ\u00e9es au premier.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Dans celle o\u00f9 j&rsquo;ai, tout d&rsquo;abord, p\u00e9n\u00e9tr\u00e9 je me suis retrouv\u00e9e face \u00e0 un tableau du b\u00e9ninois <strong>G\u00e9rard Qu\u00e9num<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Un artiste qui s&rsquo;est, entre autre, inspir\u00e9 de Basquiat et dont l&rsquo;utilisation des couleurs primaires est l&rsquo;une des signatures.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Le Dictateur (le nom de l\u2019\u0153uvre en question) m&rsquo;a d&rsquo;autant plus interpell\u00e9e qu&rsquo;il d\u00e9nonce la pr\u00e9occupante probl\u00e9matique (mise v\u00e9ritablement sous les feux des projecteurs apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;arrestation, en 1997, du pr\u00e9sident Lib\u00e9rien Charles Taylor) des enfants soldats plac\u00e9s sous la coupe d&rsquo;adultes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Un peu plus loin son taxi brousse jaune, s&rsquo;envolant, m&rsquo;a davantage intrigu\u00e9e.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Puis vint le temps de la d\u00e9couverte de mes deux coups de c\u0153ur de l&rsquo;exposition actuelle.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">J&rsquo;ai ainsi \u00e9t\u00e9\u00a0\u00e9merveill\u00e9e\u00a0par le terrain de foot, avec ses tribunes, sa cage, et ses joueurs, de l&rsquo;artiste b\u00e9ninois <strong>Serge Mikpon surnomm\u00e9 Aston !\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Tous r\u00e9alis\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de mat\u00e9riaux de r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration : plastique, c\u00e2ble t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique et brosses \u00e0 dent notamment.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YTdiFA6ND-8\/VfF6Y4YtV-I\/AAAAAAABHNU\/SCNTR0DOsWk\/s1600\/IMG_4344.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YTdiFA6ND-8\/VfF6Y4YtV-I\/AAAAAAABHNU\/SCNTR0DOsWk\/s640\/IMG_4344.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-U5zS4eRGchM\/VfF6i-Ji-6I\/AAAAAAABHNc\/3vN9WJPHc9k\/s1600\/IMG_4345.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-U5zS4eRGchM\/VfF6i-Ji-6I\/AAAAAAABHNc\/3vN9WJPHc9k\/s640\/IMG_4345.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-A_ZgiJG17Ic\/VfF6pO8YotI\/AAAAAAABHNs\/kBX7zjROroQ\/s1600\/IMG_4346.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-A_ZgiJG17Ic\/VfF6pO8YotI\/AAAAAAABHNs\/kBX7zjROroQ\/s640\/IMG_4346.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aX48Ru_PYPk\/VfF6pP_vcvI\/AAAAAAABHNo\/Svx5Dm3yKEU\/s1600\/IMG_4347.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aX48Ru_PYPk\/VfF6pP_vcvI\/AAAAAAABHNo\/Svx5Dm3yKEU\/s640\/IMG_4347.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Dans l&rsquo;axe qui prolonge ce terrain de foot j&rsquo;ai retrouv\u00e9 avec bonheur je l&rsquo;avoue, <strong>Qui vivra Verra<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> L&rsquo; \u0153uvre du b\u00e9ninois Tchief, identifiable \u00e0 sa signature repr\u00e9sentant un l\u00e9zard, laquelle m&rsquo;avait s\u00e9duite lors de ma d\u00e9couverte de la Fondation Zinsou de Cotonou en 2008. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Celle ci interpelle le visiteur sur la notion d&rsquo;environnement dans un pays o\u00f9 les enjeux li\u00e9s \u00e0 la pollution sont bien r\u00e9els !Pour cela la figure du zemidjan (vous n&rsquo;avez pas oubli\u00e9 la pollution qu&rsquo;il cause ?) s&rsquo;imposait comme une \u00e9vidence &#8230;. mais \u00e0 ceci pr\u00e8s qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un zem du futur qui nous transporte en 2059.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Porteur d&rsquo;un masque \u00e0 gaz, son buste, transparent, contient notamment un portable, une boite de fervex ou encore des cigarettes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-luK-5z2iLaM\/VfF6VPxdv3I\/AAAAAAABHNI\/yWiroCfJXMQ\/s1600\/IMG_4342.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-luK-5z2iLaM\/VfF6VPxdv3I\/AAAAAAABHNI\/yWiroCfJXMQ\/s640\/IMG_4342.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Les deux salles suivantes exposaient, quant \u00e0 elles,\u00a0 les \u0153uvres d&rsquo;art de 2 artistes portugais en r\u00e9sidence..<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Celles de <strong>Sophia Aguiar<\/strong> qui a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de vaincre sa phobie des insectes en peignant des tableaux qui les repr\u00e9sentent. L&rsquo;histoire ne dit cependant pas si la th\u00e9rapie a march\u00e9 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Dans la pi\u00e8ce jouxtante, son \u00e9poux, <strong>Thomas Collaso<\/strong>\u00a0, a quant \u00e0 lui transform\u00e9 la chambre de Monsieur Ajavon, propri\u00e9taire de la b\u00e2tisse, pour lui donner un d\u00e9cor afrobr\u00e9silien qui m&rsquo;a tout de suite s\u00e9duite.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">J&rsquo;ai ensuite poursuivi mon \u00a0voyage artistique par une br\u00e8ve incursion en Afrique de l&rsquo;est o\u00f9 j&rsquo;ai pu appr\u00e9cier le travail du peintre et sculpteur tanzanien, feu, <strong>George Lilanga . <\/strong>Connu pour ses sculptures (taill\u00e9es en un seul bloc) en bois (caract\u00e9ristiques du peuple makond\u00e9 dont il \u00e9tait issu) ainsi que ses peintures de g\u00e9nie r\u00e9alis\u00e9es sur toile ou plaquette en bois.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Enfin, la\u00a0derni\u00e8re\u00a0salle de l&rsquo;exposition m&rsquo;a fait d\u00e9couvrir les artistes s\u00e9n\u00e9galais<strong> Soly Ciss\u00e9<\/strong> et b\u00e9ninois <strong>Kifouli Dossou.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Le premier m&rsquo;a surprise par les formes hybrides, r\u00e9alis\u00e9es notamment \u00e0 partir de fusain, qui peuplent ses tableaux en s\u00e9rie tels que Surgissement ou le Monde perdu.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Les\u00a0sculptures\u00a0en bois figurant des <strong>masques sacr\u00e9s geled\u00e9<\/strong>, reconnaissables \u00e0 leurs yeux en amande et leurs scarifications, de Kifouli Doussou m&rsquo;ont quant \u00e0 elles touch\u00e9e. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Taill\u00e9es en un seul bloc ou compos\u00e9es de deux parties (dont celle du haut correspond \u00e0 un cimier), les\u00a0\u0153uvres\u00a0de cet artiste (couronn\u00e9\u00a0du prix Orisha \u00e0 Paris l&rsquo;an dernier) puisent dans la tradition tout en interpellant sur des aspirations sociales majeures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> J&rsquo;en veux notamment pour preuve <strong>Sondages<\/strong>, les masques g\u00e9l\u00e9d\u00e9 (expos\u00e9s par lui \u00e0 la Fondation Zinsou en 2011)\u00a0 qui identifiaient,\u00a0avant les\u00a0\u00e9lections\u00a0pr\u00e9sidentielles et l\u00e9gislatives,\u00a0les attentes majeures de la population. notamment \u00a0l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l&rsquo;eau ou \u00e0\u00a0l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Une carte d&rsquo;Afrique, sur laquelle il s&rsquo;agissait de replacer\u00a0\u00a0les magnets repr\u00e9sentant les\u00a0\u0153uvres\u00a0parcourues durant l&rsquo;exposition est venue terminer ce superbe parcours artistique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QteBM38AG0Y\/VfF6GNBu8FI\/AAAAAAABHMs\/wzv9Y6MYkDw\/s1600\/IMG_4340.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QteBM38AG0Y\/VfF6GNBu8FI\/AAAAAAABHMs\/wzv9Y6MYkDw\/s640\/IMG_4340.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-o9xq3q74Hr4\/VfF6MSVyAyI\/AAAAAAABHM8\/R-nREYem6ZU\/s1600\/IMG_4341.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-o9xq3q74Hr4\/VfF6MSVyAyI\/AAAAAAABHM8\/R-nREYem6ZU\/s640\/IMG_4341.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<br \/>\nLa visite des lieux, \u00e9galement possible via\u00a0 <strong>l&rsquo;application<\/strong>, t\u00e9l\u00e9chargeable gratuitement en ligne, <strong>WAKPON<\/strong> (qui signifie en langue fon viens voir) n&rsquo;en est pas pour autant termin\u00e9e car le Mus\u00e9e vous r\u00e9serve encore trois jolis espaces.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Une biblioth\u00e8que o\u00f9 vous pourrez consulter de nombreux ouvrages d&rsquo;art,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-TRzBPDteTuM\/VfF66g9aAII\/AAAAAAABHOE\/a_BPw3Mw8HI\/s1600\/IMG_4350.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-TRzBPDteTuM\/VfF66g9aAII\/AAAAAAABHOE\/a_BPw3Mw8HI\/s640\/IMG_4350.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xc0EqDg9Jjc\/VfF7C-EiJyI\/AAAAAAABHOM\/-h8qvF-qnNw\/s1600\/IMG_4351.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xc0EqDg9Jjc\/VfF7C-EiJyI\/AAAAAAABHOM\/-h8qvF-qnNw\/s640\/IMG_4351.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nUne boutique, riche de superbes ouvrages et livres d&rsquo;expositions ainsi que d&rsquo; objets artisanaux (jolis sacs et trousses de toilette r\u00e9alis\u00e9s en wax notamment) qui y sont vendus.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Et enfin, parce qu&rsquo;il ne faudrait pas uniquement se contenter des nourritures de l&rsquo;esprit, faites une halte dans le petit cocon cosy qu&rsquo;est <strong>son caf\u00e9 restaurant<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Un lieu qui m&rsquo;a s\u00e9duite d\u00e8s que j&rsquo;y ai p\u00e9n\u00e9tr\u00e9. Au\u00a0del\u00e0\u00a0des citations, tr\u00e8s justement choisies, figurant \u00e0 la carte du caf\u00e9, je me suis laiss\u00e9e envo\u00fbt\u00e9e par le cadre \u00e9l\u00e9gant des lieux m\u00ealant,\u00a0\u00a0design contemporain, wax , sculptures africaines et fresque peinte par <strong>Thierry Gansa<\/strong> , \u00a0avec brio.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Un petit havre de paix, \u00e0 l&rsquo;image de la fondation, que j&rsquo;ai eu du mal \u00e0 quitter.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-n5sSs9Bt9m0\/VfF7jMzGyaI\/AAAAAAABHO8\/pqPu9vfmgQE\/s1600\/IMG_4357.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-n5sSs9Bt9m0\/VfF7jMzGyaI\/AAAAAAABHO8\/pqPu9vfmgQE\/s640\/IMG_4357.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FKK_TyHzPZs\/VfF7qUP49mI\/AAAAAAABHPE\/E1-cyVxkSzI\/s1600\/IMG_4358.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FKK_TyHzPZs\/VfF7qUP49mI\/AAAAAAABHPE\/E1-cyVxkSzI\/s640\/IMG_4358.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xrf7-2CWCXM\/VfF7MZHdWSI\/AAAAAAABHOU\/nQOUkYxVi8A\/s1600\/IMG_4352.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xrf7-2CWCXM\/VfF7MZHdWSI\/AAAAAAABHOU\/nQOUkYxVi8A\/s640\/IMG_4352.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ziMIQyHCAw\/VfF7gFMo0CI\/AAAAAAABHO0\/5NoKJRqTxsA\/s1600\/IMG_4356.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ziMIQyHCAw\/VfF7gFMo0CI\/AAAAAAABHO0\/5NoKJRqTxsA\/s640\/IMG_4356.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nIncontournable, le Mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Art Contemporain de Ouidah l&rsquo;est incontestablement.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">A mon sens parce qu&rsquo; \u00e0 l&rsquo;image de la ville qui l&rsquo;abrite, il est, par sa finalit\u00e9, un lieu\u00a0 r\u00e9solument tourn\u00e9 vers l&rsquo;avenir (avec une plus grande visibilit\u00e9 et une \u00e9vidente promotion des\u00a0\u0153uvres\u00a0d&rsquo;art\u00a0contemporain africain) mais qu&rsquo;il a \u00e9galement su, dans ce nouveau chemin qui est le sien, ne pas faire table rase du pass\u00e9.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Et si vous souhaitez, \u00e0 votre tour, d\u00e9couvrir quelques uns des artistes (expos\u00e9s \u00e0 Ouidah) dont je\u00a0viens de vous parler, rendez vous, au Frac (Fond R\u00e9gional d&rsquo;Art Contemporain) Aquitaine de Bordeaux pour explorer l&rsquo;exposition Folk Art Africain? Cr\u00e9ations contemporaines en Afrique subsaharienne qui va ouvrir ses portes au public ce matin\u00a0.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Gr\u00e2ce, notamment, aux pr\u00eats de collectionneurs priv\u00e9s, de la Fondation Zinsou et de la galerie Magnin (\u00e0 l&rsquo;origine de la tr\u00e8s belle exposition Beaut\u00e9 Congo), l&rsquo;exposition Folk Art Contemporain rassemble une s\u00e9lection de dix artistes du continent africain. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Parmi ceux ci figurent les b\u00e9ninois Romuad Hazoum\u00e9, Kifouli Dossou et G\u00e9rard Qu\u00e9num, le s\u00e9n\u00e9galais Omar Diop, \u00a0les congolais JP Mika et feu Kiripi Katembo (dont j&rsquo;avais publi\u00e9 quelques tableaux apr\u00e8s ma visite de l&rsquo;exposition Beaut\u00e9 Congo le 11 juillet dernier),\u00a0 les photographes cam\u00e9rounais et burkinabe Samuel Fosso et Sory Sanl\u00e9 ainsi que les peintres malien et\u00a0s\u00e9n\u00e9galais\u00a0Amadou Sanogo et Ablaye Thiossane. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">On ne pouvait r\u00eaver meilleure s\u00e9lection pour faire d\u00e9couvrir \u00e0 Bordeaux (une ville marqu\u00e9e,\u00a0entre autre,\u00a0par son pass\u00e9 n\u00e9grier) la fine fleur actuelle de l&rsquo;art contemporain africain qui, for sure, s&rsquo;est lanc\u00e9e \u00e0 la conqu\u00eate du monde !<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 caf\u00e9 du Mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Art Contemporain de Ouidah \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Il est des villes qui s&rsquo;inscrivent indubitablement dans l&rsquo;Histoire, aussi bien pass\u00e9e, pr\u00e9sente que future, de leurs pays. \u00a0 \u00a0 Celle sur laquelle j&rsquo;ai, aujourd&rsquo;hui, d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de braquer les feux des projecteurs en&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"OUIDAH, UNE VILLE BENINOISE A LA CROISEE DES CHEMINS - Journal d&#039;un Pigeon Voyageur","description":"\u00a0 caf\u00e9 du Mus\u00e9e d'Art Contemporain de Ouidah \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Il est des villes qui s'inscrivent indubitablement dans l'Histoire, aussi bien pass\u00e9e, pr\u00e9sente que future,"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,36,4,18,43,6,1,22],"tags":[145,210,244],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrique","category-art","category-benin","category-gastronomie","category-histoire","category-hotels-atypiques","category-musee","category-tous","category-vos-envies","tag-art-contemporain","tag-devoir-de-memoire","tag-esclavage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40079,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/40079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}