Kongo Chroniques
Azani V. Ebengou

Theatrical saga in eight episodes, Kongo Chroniques recounts the life of a Congolese lineage through time, from ancient pre-colonial kingdoms to the future. Each opus is a play with its own genre, era, generation, and story. It is an independent world that can be read or performed separately from the rest. There is no narrative continuity, but there are strong resonances through the places, objects, languages, phrases, and music that Azani V. Ebengou weaves into his writing.

The 8 chronicles

12th century / Why it took a child to raise a village ?
An epic Afro-pastist tale set in the ancient Kingdom of Kongo.

16th century / The Last Battle (2 chronicles)
Franco-Lingualaphone tragedy
Queen Nzingha and Kimpa Vita fighting against Portuguese colonization until their last breath.

1920 / The Metamorphosis
An intimate puppet show for young audiences and all ages.

1960 / Sunshine of Independence
Musical comedy with a Congolese rumba flavor

1997 / Bisso na bisso
A postcolonial tragicomedy that explores the lives of Tina and Sonia Okandze, marked by tribalism, exile, and 2000s hip-hop.

2022 / Morceau de chair (Piece of flesh)

2381 / Kongotopia
A police investigation in an Afrofuturist universe.
After the definitive overthrow of colonial rule, peace reigns in Kongotopia, until a mysterious murder shakes the regime.

Production

Les pleureuses de feu

Co-production

afriCOLOGNE and Riksteatern, as part of Common Stories, a Creative Europe program financed by the European Union,

Institut français du Congo, le Label Jeunes Textes en Liberté, la Ville de Saint-Etienne, La Comédie de Saint-Etienne, la Machinerie théâtre de Vénissieux.

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