By Daouda Traoré, 2021

The title of my piece refers to the jargon used by the people about the train that used to link the town of Kayes, the economic center with its gold mines, to the Malian capital Bamako and to Dakar. Today, if this train does not circulate any more, I wanted, after having collected very touching and moving testimonies during a stay in this zone to express myself on this subject.

It is a tribute to all the populations of the world who manage as they can to survive.

PRESENTATION OF THE ARTIST

Daouda Traoré, trained at the National Institute of Arts (INA) of Bamako and graduated from the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers MultiMedia Balla Fasseké KOUYATE (MALI) is in charge of Plastic Arts classes at the High School in Sikasso. He actively participates in several workshops and exhibitions throughout Mali such as Segou'ART in 2016 and 2020.

From his painting studio in Sikasso, he has developed a style that he calls "the unreadable poems". He expresses all the joys and sorrows that are experienced in all the places and stations of the world.