Alliance Française de Banjul

[FRANCOPHONIE] Célébration de la Journée de la Francophonie à l’Alliance Française de Banjul !

📆 Thursday 16th March
👉 Alliance Française de Banjul

On Thursday 16th March, the Alliance Française de Banjul organized its annual March of the Francophonie on Kairaba Avenue for the celebration of the Journée de la Francophonie. This year, there were 19 schools and more than 400 hundred people walking through Kairaba Avenue with banners, t-shirts, and panels putting forward the French language !

After the March, everyone came to our outdoor theater, first to listen to speeches given by Mrs. Senghore (Vice-President of Alliance), Mr. Bah (MoBSE) and Mrs. Guschlbauer (director of Alliance), and then to attend diverse theater plays and performances by schools !

Everyone had a great time attending these celebrations. This year, the Alliance held the record for the number of people present at the Journée de la Francophonie, with more than 450 people being in our theater !

We would like to thank everyone who came to enjoy this Journée de la Francophonie, and especially the schools who performed on stage. Moreover, this is also the opportunity for us to thank again all of our French speaking partners for working with us regularly on cultural and linguistic projects !

[FRANCOPHONIE] L'Alliance Française de Banjul met à l'honneur ses apprenants militaires et policiers !

📆 Wednesday 15th March
👉 Alliance Française de Banjul

On Wednesday 15th March, the Alliance Française de Banjul, in collaboration with the French diplomatic mission in The Gambia, organised a graduation for its Gambians police and military forces students.

These 52 students benefit from a franco-gambian linguistic cooperation project initiated by the French embassy in Dakar.

We congratulate them for their efforts in learning the French language, and we would like to thank everyone who came to attend this graduation.

[FRANCOPHONIE] L’Ambassadeur de France en visite à l’Alliance pour célébrer la Francophonie !

📆 Monday 20th March
👉 Alliance Française de Banjul

As part of its Francophonie program, the Alliance Française de Banjul will host on Monday 20th March a cocktail organized by the French diplomatic antenna in Banjul gathering all of its francophone partners. For this occasion, the French Ambassador to Senegal and to The Gambia, His Excellency Mister Ambassador Philippe Lalliot, came to Banjul to celebrate the Francophonie with us.

Please, note that the cocktail is on invitations only.

This is also the opportunity for him inaugurate two projects initiated by Alliance Française de Banjul in the last few months :
_ La Maison des Artistes Musa Ngum, Alliance Française’s artists’ house. This house will increase the dynamism of our cultural projects. Musa Ngum’s family will also be present to celebrate the inauguration with us.

_ The new Campus France office, which has been represented by Mrs Honorine Ongbassomben since November 2022. This service allows Gambian students to get information on how to study in France.

Moreover, the Ambassador and His Excellency Mister Pierre Gomez, minister of Basic and Secondary Education and President of the Alliance, will jointly sign a contract initiating a Franco-Gambian cooperation project aiming to develop the teaching of French language in The Gambia. This project is in collaboration with the University of The Gambia and with the University of Caen.

Alliance Française de Banjul is very proud to welcome Mister Lalliot and Gomez for this special day ! We are also happy to gather with our francophone partners on this occasion, and would like to thank them all for their constant and loyal cooperation.

Merci à tous d’avoir célébré le mois de la Francophonie avec nous !

L’Alliance française agrandit sa collection de bandes dessinées !

📖 : New cartoons
👉 : Media Library

Come and discover the new cartoons (in french) at Alliance française Media Library !

With more than 50 new cartoons, the Alliance française offers you to read and discover a lot of new different stories, authors and drawings. Our new collection contains cartoons about different topics such as african stories, novel adaptations, original stories and much more !

You can come and read the cartoons at the Alliance française Media Library, but you can also become a member of the Media Library and borrow them at a low price !
Membership for a year :

→ 500 D for adults
→ 300 D for children
→ 600 D for families
→ 400 D deposit

This week, we put forward Bloody Sunday, by Ranaud Garreta, Laurent Granier and Gontran Toussaint. This cartoon tells the story of Martin Luther King.

[FRANCOPHONIE] Un événement B2B à l'Alliance Française de Banjul pour célébrer la Francophonie économique !

As part of the month of la Francophonie in Banjul, 5 entrepreneurs from the incubator hosted 5 entrepreneurs from the incubator of Zinguichor for a B2B session at the

[CINE-JUNIOR] Un beau film norvégien sur la cohésion et le vivre ensemble !

📆Friday 17th March
⏱12:30 PM
👉Alliance’s conference room
💰100D / person

Synopsis : Life is good in the Huckybucky Forest. However, Lucien and Sam the Mop, Master Hare and the Squirrel Family have to be careful because some of their neighbours are sometimes hungry and have long teeth… When Marvin the Fox and Horace the Hedgehog try to eat Lucien and his grandmother, the inhabitants of the forest decide to act. But how can they persuade Marvin and Horace that from now on they will have to fill their plates with nuts?

🎫Tickets are on sale at the Alliance Française and Alliance Cafe
🥪Snack box are available at the Alliance Cafe for 200D (please RSVP for the snack box)
In partnership with the Alliance Cafe.

[LEARN FRENCH] Apprenez le Français à l’Alliance !

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👉 Registration until 1st April
📕Classes from 3rd April to 17 June 2023

Our experienced teachers have special qualifications for teaching French as a foreign language. Their professionalism and dedication are essential to our success and yours. They will guide you along a well-defined learning path, monitoring your progress both in the classroom and through homework.

If requested, the course can be completed by an intensive preparation to the different world wide recognized official French certifications: the DELF and the DALF.

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[FRANCOPHONIE] L’Alliance Française de Banjul accueille la finale du concours Génies en herbe !

📆 Monday 13th March
👉 Alliance Française de Banjul

On Monday 13th March, as part of its activities celebrating the Francophonie month, Alliance Française de Banjul has welcomed the finale of the French language and culture knowledge competition Génies en herbe.

This competition, organized by the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, was played by many Gambian schools from Regions 1 and 2. Four schools were qualified for the finale :
Tallinding, Mansa Colley Bojang, St Peter’s and St Therese ! Students who participated were part of these schools’ French clubs, and we congratulate them for their participation.

We would like to deeply thank MoBSE, the Association of French Teachers At MoBSE and the schools for taking part in the organization of Génies en herbe in The Gambia. We are glad to have been associated with this event, which is an important activity for the Francophonie !

L’Alliance française agrandit sa collection de bandes dessinées !

📖 : New cartoons
👉 : Media Library

Come and discover the new cartoons (in french) at Alliance française Media Library !

With more than 50 new cartoons, the Alliance française offers you to read and discover a lot of new different stories, authors and drawings. Our new collection contains cartoons about different topics such as african stories, novel adaptations, original stories and much more !

You can come and read the cartoons at the Alliance française Media Library, but you can also become a member of the Media Library and borrow them at a low price !
Membership for a year :

→ 500 D for adults
→ 300 D for children
→ 600 D for families
→ 400 D deposit

This week, we put forward La ferme des animaux, by Rodolphe and Patrice Le Sourd. This cartoon is an adaptation of George Orwell's book, which is about a revolution happening in a farm. It is a satire of bureaucratic regimes.

[CINÉCOLE] Le Cinécole Festival recommence à l’occasion de la Francophonie 2023 !

📆 March 2023 : Francophonie Month
👉 Gambian schools

In order to celebrate the Francophonie Month, during which we put forward the French language, the Alliance Française de Banjul decided to launch the second edition of its Cinécole Festival, which consists of broadcasting French movies in Gambians schools.

For this 2nd edition, we started by going to St Therese School on Monday 6th March, and to Glory Baptist School on Tuesday 7th March. We will then go to SBEC International School, as well as the Ecole Française de Banjul.

The two movies we chose to broadcast this year are Les contes de la nuit, by Michel Ocelot, and La traversée, by Florence Miailhe. These two animation movies will allow Gambian children to discover great cultural works, and moreover to be in touch with French language in a funny and original way.

Un grand merci to the four schools who collaborate with us on this project !

[RESIDENCY] Fin de résidence artistique pour Tchookar !

📆 Monday 27th February - Sunday 5th March
👉 Alliance Française de Banjul

On Sunday 5th March, French association Tchookar left Alliance Française de Banjul after spending one week at our place for their artistic residency. This residency ended their 2023 West-African tour !

During their artistic residency, Tchookar members, and especially music band Oriki Music and Senegalese singer Woz Kaly gave two musical workshops to Gambian schools (Diana Mariam and Ecole Française de Banjul), as well as two musical workshops to Gambians professional musicians ! It was a great opportunity to benefit from their presence, to enjoy their knowledge and experience.

Moreover, on Friday 3rd March, Oriki Music and Woz Kaly performed an amazing and beautiful cine-concert around Senegalese movie La petite vendeuse de soleil. Everyone had a wonderful time listening to them and watching their performance.

Thus, we would like to thank Tchookar very much for spending a week at Alliance Française de Banjul. We are very happy with this collaboration, and it was a pleasure to have them with us. We thank them for their kindness, professionalism, and talent !

We wish them a very good continuation !

[INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS DAY] L’Alliance Française de Banjul célèbre la Journée internationale des droits des femmes !

📆 Wednesday 8th March - 11th March
⌚ 12 PM - 4 PM
👉 Alliance's garden
💰 Free of charge

The Alliance Française de Banjul supports gender equality and women empowerment. Supporting Gambian women is part of our values and we believe in the importance of celebrating their work. Thus, for the celebration of International women’s rights day, the Alliance Française de Banjul partners with the National Center for Arts and Culture (NCAC) to welcome a unique exhibition putting forward women in the arts.

This exhibition will be in our garden from March 8th to March 11th, and it consists of booths of Gambian women working in the art fields. They will each present their work which will be available for sale. This is a unique opportunity to support Gambian women's creations, and we hope to see many of you coming to take a look at it !

Moreover, on March 8th, the Alliance welcomed an unique event organized by the Gambia Tech Project to support and highlight Gambian women’s work. This event had the theme “Women in Tech: Discovering Women’s Contribution in Innovation and Digital Transformation” and consisted in presentation and panel discussions over this important issue.

This event, which gathered Gambian entrepreneurs and digital actors, was a great opportunity to discuss a major subject linked to the current digital transformation of Gambian society.

Bonne Journée internationale des droits des femmes à toutes les femmes !

[CINE-CLUB] La quête de liberté d'une jeune algérienne des années 1990 !

📆 Thursday 9th March
⌚️ 8PM
👉 Alliance's outdoor theater
💰 Free of charge

Synopsis : Algiers, 1990s. Nedjma, an 18-year-old student living in the university campus, dreams of becoming a fashion designer. At nightfall, she sneaks through the fence of the city with her best friends to reach the nightclub where she sells her creations to the "papichas", pretty young Algerian women. The political and social situation in the country is constantly deteriorating. Refusing this fate, Nedjma decides to fight for her freedom by organising a fashion show, thus defying all the prohibitions.

[ENTREPRENEURSHIP] Entrepreneuriat et leadership féminin.

📆 Wednesday 8th March
⏰ 10am
👉 Conference Hall

Join us as we celebrate International Women's Day with the Gambia Tech Project on March 8, 2023. This event is a tribute to women's achievements and their contribution to the world's social, economic, cultural and political advancement.

Don't miss out on this exciting event. Registration is now open, so please reserve your spot today. We look forward to seeing you at the Gambia Tech Project International Women's Day Celebration!

Join us as we celebrate International Women's Day with the Gambia Tech Project on March 8, 2023. This event is a tribute to women's achievements and their contribution to the world's social, economic, cultural and political advancement.

The event is open to all entrepreneurs, women in tech, students, and professionals who want to be part of a dynamic community that supports women in tech.

The event will take place at the Alliance Franchise de Banjul Conference Hall starting at 10:00 AM. This is a great opportunity to network with other like-minded women and learn about the latest trends in the tech industry.

Don't miss out on this exciting event. Registration is now open, so please reserve your spot today. We look forward to seeing you at the Gambia Tech Project International Women's Day Celebration

Registration Link" https://bit.ly/gtpiwd2023

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L’Alliance française agrandit sa collection de bandes dessinées !

📖 : New cartoons
👉 : Media Library

Come and discover the new cartoons (in french) at Alliance française Media Library !

With more than 50 new cartoons, the Alliance française offers you to read and discover a lot of new different stories, authors and drawings. Our new collection contains cartoons about different topics such as african stories, novel adaptations, original stories and much more !

You can come and read the cartoons at the Alliance française Media Library, but you can also become a member of the Media Library and borrow them at a low price !
Membership for a year :

→ 500 D for adults
→ 300 D for children
→ 600 D for families
→ 400 D deposit

This week, we put forward Ouagadougou pressé, by Roukiata Ouedraogo and Aude Massot. This cartoon tells the story of a woman who comes back to Burkina Faso after having lived in France for many years.

[EXHIBITION] Un vernissage réussi pour la sortie de résidence d’Eugénie Baccot!

📆Thursday 23rd February
👉Alliance's gallery hall

Last Thursday, at the occasion of the end of French photographer Eugénie Baccot’s artistic residency at Alliance Française de Banjul, we organized the opening exhibition of our International Women in Photo Association exhibition, to which Eugénie contributed with 5 pictures she took in Uganda !

While in The Gambia, Eugénie gave photography workshops to 6 Gambians amateurs/semi-professionals. They were co-organized with the Key Art Gallery. Thus, this opening exhibition was also the opportunity for them to present the work they had been doing with her for the past 3 weeks. It was a great moment to discover their pictures !

Eugénie also showed us the pictures she took for her own photo report in The Gambia, it was a real privilege for us !

Eugénie left The Gambia last Friday, and we would like to thank her very much for her time, effort, devotion, seriousness and sympathy. It was a true pleasure to have her around us for more than 3 weeks, and we wish her all the best for her future projects.

Moreover, a big thanks to the workshop participants who came on Thursday to present their work !

[MUSIC LIVE AND CINEMA] Ciné-concert sur le film La petite vendeuse de soleil !

📆 Friday 3rd March
⏰ 8pm
👉 Outdoor theater
💰 Gate : 300 D ; ADV : 200 D
🔠 French with English subtitles

French association Tchookar will present on Friday 3rd March at 8PM a cine-concert over the movie La petite vendeuse de soleil, by Djibril Diop Mambéty. The movie will be subtitled in English.

The music will be played by Oriki, a formation crossing african and arab musics, and Woz Kaly, senegalese singer who has an international career.
Through their hot and colorful compositions, musicians echo the determination of the main character, Sili, as well as the poetry of the ordinary shot by Mambèty. It’s a captivating cine-concert, a journey in the heart of Dakar, a tribute to little people.
La petite vendeuse de soleil is an urban tale which presents, with a focus on accessibility and lightness, the reality of Dakar streets and the everyday life of children who try each day to survive them.
We hope to see many of you !

[CINE-CLUB] Un thriller glacial dans le Nord de la France !

📆 Thursday 2nd March
⌚️ 8PM
👉 Alliance's outdoor theater
💰 Free of charge

Synopsis : Synopsis : In Roubaix, on a Christmas Eve, Daoud, the local police chief, and Louis, a recent graduate, are faced with the murder of an old woman. The victim’s neighbours, two young women, Claude and Marie, are arrested. They are drug addicts, alcoholics, lovers…

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For more information, please contact Kumba:
💻 [email protected]
📞 437 54 18 / 200 97 34

And check all the courses on our new website : https://afbanjul.org/en/learn/courses-offers/