5 questions for... Didier and Nadia Houénoudé
To mark French Language and Francophonie Week, Didier and Nadia Houénoudé took part in a "question and answer game" and told us about their home country of Benin, the languages that are spoken there and that they speak, multilingualism and interculturality, their definition of Francophonie and much more!
Didier and Nadia Houénoudé have been living in Dresden for a few months now. Didier Houénoudé is Chair of History of Art at the Université d'Abomey-Calavi in Cotonou, Benin. He is currently a visiting professor at the TUD Dresden University of Technology. Didier Houénoudé has published a whole series of individual studies on contemporary art and historical cultural assets in Benin as well as on the restitution debate. He is an internationally sought-after expert on issues relating to the restitution of cultural property to Africa and accompanied the restitution of objects from the present-day Republic of Benin by France at the end of 2021 as a member of an official delegation. His areas of expertise include "restitution of African art and cultural assets", "architectural history of Africa" and "contemporary African art". His wife Nadia is a trained sociologist. After a first specialization in urban population and dynamics, and a second in spatial planning and land use, she was responsible for local planning and development at the city hall of Porto-Novo, the capital of Benin, for about ten years. She has also been involved in numerous feminist associations in Benin, for which she was awarded the "femme de feu dans la catégorie ONG" prize in 2015.
First event in the new series "5 questions to...", organized by the Centrum Frankreich | Frankophonie TU Dresden, the association Francophonie Dresden e.V. and the Institut français Dresden.
In French
With the kind support of the Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and Equality
WHEN: March 13, 2024, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Institute français Dresden, Kreuzstraße 6, 01067 Dresden
Admission: free
