THE LIVING KEEP THE DEAD ALIVE: A MURDER AT THE VODOU CASTLE
Night-time torchlit visit and reading excerpts from the regional crime novel by Marie Bertrand – Cockritures Editions
Thursday 9 November at 7 PM and Friday 10 November at 7 PM
At the Château Vodou in Strasbourg, the Ivorian ethnologist Koffi Pierre Atoungbré, a specialist in West African arts, suddenly collapses. Taken to the emergency room, he dies shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Why do investigators find a Baoulé mask and a stuffed stork in his bedroom side by side? Why these four identical photos captioned «the living keep the dead alive»? Natural death? Murder?
A story weaving together present and past, rituals and beliefs.
Readings and signings by the author, guided tour by the museum director.
6 € on booking.
1 hour 30 minutes
