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Estelle Fomeju (Sally Ma)

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• Co-founder & CEO @faf_entertainment_production
• Poetry, music, storytelling
• Consultant in Education for social change
• Alumna @sciencespo

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Fermez les yeux un instant… Ne regardez pas encore cette photo.

Imaginez une avenue de Cotonou transformée en Boulev’Art :

le souffle d’un saxophoniste qui fait danser l’air du soir,

les mots d’un slameur qui frappent juste et font vibrer les cœurs,

un photographe qui installe son studio de shooting directement sur les trottoirs pour capter vos plus beaux sourires,

A côté des artistes qui laissent leurs couleurs éclabousser les toiles…

Tout autour, les artisans façonnent le bois, le métal, la terre et l’argile, révélant sous vos yeux la magie de leur savoir-faire.

Et là, assis avec la patience des maîtres, le vieux Benoît venu tout droit d’Adjarra, qui tisse ses paniers en direct… chaque brin de raphia racontant l’histoire d’un geste ancestral.

Plus loin, un artisan avec sa machine à coudre fait naître des pièces uniques pendant qu'une autrice dédicace ses livres.

Mais ce n'est pas tout...Les parfums se mêlent : Ablo et poisson Tcheké tout juste sortis du feu, un Mangnni Mangni tout fumant venu tout droit de Pahou avec ses épices qui titillent les papilles, un délicieux cocktail d'un bar mobile qui sert le bissap et le gingembre dans des calebasses.

Entre 18 h et 21 h, c’est l’Afterwork le plus vibrant et créatif de la ville : un moment privilégié pour networker, partager, savourer et se laisser emporter par l’énergie de la scène artistique béninoise.

C’est ce rêve que je porte : faire de l’Apéro des Artisans un rendez-vous où musique, performance, gastronomie et savoir-faire local s’entremêlent pour célébrer notre créativité.

Et si vous m’aidiez à lui donner vie ?

Partenaires, artistes, passionnés, curieux… le Boulev’Art n’attend plus que vous ce soir et tous les derniers Jeudi du Mois.

ps. Aidez moi à demander à @auriel_fassinou de @faf_entertainment_production de proposer des photos comme celle sur ce post aux participants de ce soir.

#BoulevArt #CotonouCréatif #ApéroDesArtisans #MadeInBénin #StreetArt #Slam #LiveSax #GastronomieLocale #Afterwork #Artisans #Adjarra #Tressage #IndistriesCreativesDuBenin #artisanatduBenin #artdduBenin by @sallyspoetry

I have too many problems. This is why I don't even know what to do with these social medias accounts. I think we are in the worst vicious cycle of all time.

Number one. This green and smart cities fantasy future of yours is a death sentence for us. How do we deal with a people who thrive on terrifying dead body counts, child labour, human trafficking…? 12 million dead body in the Democratic Republic of Congo motivate you to keep growing tech industries. Over 1,5 million children working in cocoa plantations in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire inspire you to grow the chocolate industries, including chocolate sculpture competitions (cause the world absolutely needs this). Over 22,000 children, many as young as four years old, working in mica mines in India inspire you to keep growing the makeup industry (cause, again, we won't survive without it). Oh, who can keep count of the deaths of indigenous people all over the world to keep expanding the gold, wood, and beverages industries (to name a few)? Do we remember how many indigenous people they eradicated from the surface of the earth? Overall, who can keep count of how many brown-skinned people we have lost due to their monopoly of violence? Eish, can we keep count of how many women we have lost due to their monopoly of violence? I don’t know where we are going… The children must destroy their parents’ empires. They must burn it to the ground.

Number two. I wish people remembered that all structural systems of oppression impact us simultaneously inside our heads (internalized), in our relationships (interpersonal), in all our places of gathering (institutional). You think you are being you, while you are just programmed to engage in self-destructive and unsustainable behaviors and habits and see them as normal and natural. Can you take a step back and make sure all is in order and all make sense to you on a deep deep level? We need your deprogrammed self oh, the problems are plenty, the perpetrators are plenty… and we need all the minds wide awake to come up with ways forward.

I want to solve my problems before I die.

(Photo: Brian Cross / Artwork: me) by @sallyspoetry

Happy new year 🧞‍♀️🌊💦💧🧊🏄🏾

📍Cameroon, Kribi, Chute de la Lobe🇨🇲 by @sallyspoetry

🚨 KÈLÈ is out on all platforms 🚨 KÈLÈ est disponible sur toutes les plateformes !! ENJOYYYY 🤩💥 🎧 🔊

Cover art: @mohdesignzz
Photo: @auriel_fassinou
Outfit: @jkdressing

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#kelebysallyma #kelemusicvideo #distrokid #distrokidartist #newrelease #spotifyartist #applemusic etc… by @sallyspoetry

Today’s a special day 🎂🥰✨🥳🍻🧉🍶 Happy birthday to the one and only @auriel_fassinou Assouchè, ne b’i kanu ❤️❤️❤️

📸 @zopixel_photographie by @sallyspoetry

🎧 KÈLÈ the song coming to all the streaming platforms very very soon. In the meantime, keep jamming to #KELEMUSICVIDEO and share with your friends ✨ Thank you for your love and support ❤️

📸 @auriel_fassinou
🧶 Collection Narema Solo @jkdressing

(Link in bio) by @sallyspoetry

✊🏿 Fousseni, la force tranquille.
#KELEMUSICVIDEO Link in bio

📸 @theyesphotography
🧵🎨 @fatty_mulla by @sallyspoetry

🌎 New York, 2013 / 📷 @her_eat 🇪🇹 my BFF
🌍 Bamako, 2022 / 📸 @theyesphotography 🇹🇬

🎬 When Fatty put on my magnificent head wrap on Day 1 of the shoot I was speechless😮! How could you have known @fatty_mulla ? How???🤯😲🥹

I’m telling you dis KÈLÈ matta be out of this world!! Straight from another galaxy💥🌪🪐🌒🌞
#KELEMUSICVIDEO on YouTube (🔗 link in bio) by @sallyspoetry

@auriel_fassinou ça n’a pas du tout été facile mais tu y as cru et tu l’as réalisé : ton tout premier clip. Ton inspiration provient d’une autre dimension. Pour #KELEMUSICVIDEO et tant d’autres choses, je te dis MERCI ❤️❤️❤️.

📸 @theyesphotography & @zopixel_photographie by @sallyspoetry

Our very first collaboration @gnim_hodio_beatz x Balla 🎷 x @sallyspoetry was a hit ✨✨✨ #KELEMUSICVIDEO Lien en bio/ Link in bio

#saxophone #freedom 💨 by @sallyspoetry

📸 @auriel_fassinou ❤️

#KELEMUSICVIDEO Link in bio. by @sallyspoetry

#KELEMUSIC VIDEO by @faf_entertainment_production x @sallyspoetry: link in bio. Tell your friends ☀️💞📡🔭🛎☄️🌖💫✨ by @sallyspoetry