Penser l’Afrique depuis le quartier : écriture, norme et crise du sujet chez Mohamed Nedali

Hakim AIT-ALLA; Anouar BEN MSILA

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Penser l’Afrique depuis le quartier : écriture, norme et crise du sujet chez Mohamed Nedali

Authors:

Hakim AIT-ALLA | Anouar BEN MSILA

Publisher:

Université Ibn Tofail - Kénitra

Journal:

La revue, Mediterranean Migration & Medias Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.43-49

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2026

Document Language:

French

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847663

pISSN:

3009-559X

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Abstract:

 Abstract : In the wake of the reflections of Achille Mbembe, who invites us to conceive of Africa as a dynamic process of continuous creation and reconfiguration, this article proposes to approach the novels of Mohamed Nedali as a literary shaping of the tensions that constitute contemporary Africa(s). His novels are distinguished by a subtle balance between a poetics of the neighborhood, which elevates the everyday, and an uncompromising social realism that reveals the dysfunctions of contemporary Moroccan society. In these works, the neighborhood transcends its role as a mere setting to become a genuine narrative instance indeed, a character bearing a “memory in the making.” Through the trajectories of the characters, the writing stages forms of thwarted justice, ordinary injustice, and informal regulation, thereby highlighting the limits of the effectiveness of law in everyday life. This articulation between space, society, and norm endows the work with both critical and symbolic significance. The analysis will focus in particular on Le bonheur des moineaux, Le poète de Safi, and Le Jardin des pleurs, which offer significant examples of this narrative and critical dynamic.

Article Details

Penser l’Afrique depuis le quartier : écriture, norme et crise du sujet chez Mohamed Nedali

Authors:

Hakim AIT-ALLA | Anouar BEN MSILA

Publisher:

Université Ibn Tofail - Kénitra

Journal:

La revue, Mediterranean Migration & Medias Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.43-49

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2026

Document Language:

French

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847663

pISSN:

3009-559X

Société

littérature

vouloir et pouvoir

attachement

renoncement

Society

literature

will and power

attachment

renunciation

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Hakim AIT-ALLA | Anouar BEN MSILA

Publisher: Université Ibn Tofail - Kénitra

Journal: La revue, Mediterranean Migration & Medias Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.43-49

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2026

Document Language: French

Document ID (Org No.): 2001847663

pISSN: 3009-559X

Issues

Authors:

Hakim AIT-ALLA | Anouar BEN MSILA

Publisher:

Université Ibn Tofail - Kénitra

Journal:

La revue, Mediterranean Migration & Medias Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.43-49

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2026

Document Language:

French

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847663

pISSN:

3009-559X