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The first version of this text was a lecture given at the Maison de la Poésie in Paris. The idea for this evening came from the Textes & Voix group, directed by Nadine Eghels.

I place at the threshold of this book a ‘Madagascan Song’, written in 1783 by Évaryste de Parny, apparently inspired by Madagascan traditions. The song shows – and this is good news – that a radical, indeed violent anti-colonialism is as old as colonialism itself. Maurice Ravel, who was himself a true progressive, and who in particular supported the Bolsheviks, took this text, in 1926, as the basis for a superb melody.

A.B.