Morocco


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Dib, Mohammed (text)
Logié, Alexis (illus.)
Salem et le sorcier (Salem and the sorcerer)
Agdal, Rabat : Éd. Yomad, 2000. – [26pp]
(Collection Hikayat)
ISBN 9954-0-0025-9
Imprisonment - Liberation - Solidarity
The chain of motives of the child that won't listen, the dog that won't bite the child, the stick that won't hit the dog, the fire that won't burn the stick etc. is known from children's songs. In this book, the master giving out commands is a sorcerer, his slave a child. Its first refusal to execute an order causes a chain reaction: all the other slaves join in the disobedience. The illustrations clearly show how the eye-contact among the disempowered helps them to keep up their solidarity in spite of the frightening appearance of the sorcerer. Because the oppressed refuse to use violence amongst themselves, the mighty loses all power over them. This moral is as valid in the sand box as in the social and political board rooms. (5+)

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