DJAMILE MAMA GAO

Djamile Mama Gao is a writer of desire and intimate slammer. Born in Parakou, he draws on his Beninese, Togolese and Malian origins to create a multilingual, sensual, sensitive and subversive language. A transdisciplinary artist, he explores the bridges between poetry, contemporary orality, music and the visual arts.

Since 2014, he has been developing a transgressive and provocative literary presence. As for his slam poetry, which is at once musical, introspective, hybrid and experimental, he blends current trends with the identity resonances of his origins.

Whether in his books, albums or on stage, his voice traverses the desires of being, questions social norms, reinvents masculinity, explores the nuances of love, the quest for self and inner light.