Speaking the name of Adama Traore’s sister, Assa Traore, is punishable by censorship. The actress Annabelle Lengronne had the bitter experience since it was simply removed from the editing of the program in which she participated. Incident which caused the departure of host Claire Diao and her team.
The program Cine le Mag is broadcast on Canal + Afrique, but certain figures have no place in it. They are even censored. In any case, this is the conclusion that can be drawn from the incident on the set of the program presented by Franco-Burkinabè film critic Claire Diao. Indeed, invited on June 23 to the recording of the show, the actress Annabelle Lengronne, Senegalese by origin and who plays the role of boxing champion Aya Cissoko in the TV movie Danbé, with her head held high, responds innocently and sincere to a question. She does not know that she has just set fire to the thunderbolts. It is on her Facebook page that she recounts the incident after “hesitating”. “It was with pleasure that I went on June 23 to the recording of the program Ciné le Mag for Canal + Africa. As a guest, I answered Claire Diao’s questions until a man burst onto the set, interrupted me and at the mere sound of his voice ordered me not to mention the person that I had just quoted. I was just answering the following question: “What black woman is your source of inspiration?” I had the misfortune to answer: Assa Traore. ” Enough for the production of the program to decide to delete it altogether during the editing. Annabelle, who expresses her indignation in this post, concludes with these words: “My truth will ultimately not have a place. I was cut during the editing. Sad time… ”But a few days later, a twist since it was the host of the program who made a post to announce his departure and that of his entire team. “On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, the filming of the program Ciné Le Mag, which I have hosted since January 2019, was interrupted by the program director when guest Annabelle Lengronne had just mentioned the name of Assa Traoré as a female figure inspiring. This intervention led to the removal of the guest from the assembly delivered by the producers to the chain and broadcast on July 11, 2020. Following pressure then the threat of eviction from our team by the production followed by several talks with the management of Canal + Africa, our team, which has animated this program with passion and professionalism for 82 episodes, is sorry to announce its departure, “explains the presenter Claire Diao, whose words clearly show that the incident is well known from the Canal plus chain, which even played firefighters between Claire Diao and her production.
The actress’s censorship on the grounds of having pronounced the name of Assa Traore is all the more inexplicable since the French activist is making the headlines of the major newspapers around the world. She even received an award in the United States from the Bet Awards for her commitment. On the other hand in France, the Traoré family is still continuing its arm wrestling with the authorities to obtain justice after the death of their son Adama Traoré who died on July 19, 2016 at the Persian police station, after his arrest in Beaumont-sur-Oise. What Claire Diao and her guest Annabelle Lengronne do not seem to understand. “Assa Traoré lost her brother in conditions that French justice is struggling to clear up almost four years after the facts. If I had been allowed to express myself, I would have said how much I find his determination quite simply out of the ordinary. In my eyes, she is a source of inspiration for all the victims who await truth and justice, ”argues the actress. Claire Diao, who ends her adventure, does not fail to wish her successors good luck. But not without dropping a spade. “A big thank you to all the guest (s), technician (s) and professional (s) who have had to accompany us throughout these 2 seasons and good luck to those who will take up the torch despite the precarious conditions that we have accepted for too long, ”she says.
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