Pierre Haski

Ma Yan

Wednesday, November 7 My father gave me and my brother a little money. My stomach is all twisted up with hunger, but I don't want to spend the money on anything as frivolous as food. Because it's money my parents earn with their sweat and blood. I have to study well so that I won't ever again be tortured by hunger. . . . In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But money is scarce, and the low wages paid for backbreaking work aren't always enough to pay school fees. Ma Yan's heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship and bring prosperity to her family through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. First published in France in 2002, the diary of ma yan created an outpouring of support for this courageous teenager and others like her -- support that led to the creation of an international organization dedicated to helping these children . . . all because of one ordinary girl's extraordinary diary.

The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl

The Diary of Ma Yan

Dans Décolonisations africaines, adapté du podcast de France Inter, Pierre Haski nous invite à (re)découvrir les personnages historiques qui ont marqué l’Afrique lors des indépendances.
Accompagné d’experts, et en premier lieu de l’historien Pap Ndiaye, il retrace entre autres les destins du syndicaliste Sékou Touré en Guinée, « l’homme qui a dit “non” à De Gaulle », de Patrice Lumumba au Congo, martyr des indépendances, de Léopold Sédar Senghor au Sénégal, penseur de la Négritude et homme politique, ou encore de Ahmadou Ahidjo au Cameroun, où la France est responsable d’une décolonisation extrêmement violente.
Un livre à mettre entre toutes les mains pour comprendre les enjeux actuels du continent africain et la responsabilité des pays colonisateurs.

Décolonisations africaines

"I'm so hungry, I could eat anything. Anything at all." In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But for Ma Yan, money is scarce, and the low wages paid for backbreaking work aren't always enough to pay school fees . . . or even to provide enough food for herself and her family. Ma Yan's heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. Its publication was an international sensation, creating an outpouring of support for this courageous teenager and others like her . . . all due to one ordinary girl's extraordinary diary.

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