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Véronique tadjo is a poet, novelist, academic, and artist...
Rootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
“The truth is revealed in people’s eyes.
Words have so little value.
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You need to get under people’s skins. See what is inside.”[1]
-The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda
Speaking at a book reading of her novel Far from my Father at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, Véronique Tadjo was asked a question about her values as an author.
She commented with a simple phrase, “Rootedness and openness.” She went on to explain that this means being rooted in a home culture, yet still open to the world.[2] Tadjo, as an afrocentric writer, balances her origins with the wider world in a way that electrifyingly draws her reader in.
Véronique Tadjo, writer and poet, provides many distinct pairs of spectacles for her reader, and with each new pair draws her reader into a world marked by humanity and hope.
This ability is the reason her works have wide appeal and have been widely acc