POLITICAL CHANGE IN AFRICA: POWER, CONFLICTS AND VIOLENCE IN SONY LABOU TANSI’S LA VIE ET DEMIE / MUTATIONS POLITIQUES EN AFRIQUE : POUVOIR, CONFLITS ET VIOLENCE DANS LA VIE ET DEMIE DE SONY LABOU TANSI

Abstract

In many African countries, the political power is more often than not controlled by authoritarian governments. Armed conflicts and insecurity break out when political figures emerging from the populations resist in a violent or non-violent way to the anti-democratic power. This article analyses how Sony Labou Tansi, a Congolese writer, casts lights on the lack of democracy in some African countries through a vivid description of their socio-political environment. The political violence leads to the dispersion of African populations and their migration towards peaceful nations. This situation contributes, in a certain extent, to the internationalization and globalization of cultures, a theme explored by postcolonial studies.