”Ni le doute, nor fear will ever settle on my land, Beninese land, land of my ancestors. Peace ! Peace and more peace !” C’est le crédo de l’Amicale Dynamique Tonagnon. She launched on Saturday 19 October 2024, The man of all political fights, l’initiative ” Peace and Reconciliation in Benin. The initiative consists of mobilizing singing artists from the four corners of Benin around an ideal.
“La Paix et la Réconciliation”. Having as a reference and model of patriotism the late international artist Vivi, Jonas Agbizounon was inspired by his determination in the search for peace to initiate his project. “All his life, The late Vivi the International made it a primary objective by singing Peace and Reconciliation. That’s where the idea came from,” he confides..
“We launched this initiative to remind the good memories of our compatriots that peace must be sought and preserved at all costs,” said Jonas Agbizounon.. For him, music has always been and remains a channel for spreading poignant messages. This is why he will say that at this moment when “we are heading towards a pivotal year for our country, the Amicale Dynamique Tonagnon has launched this call for contributions to all artists with a view to producing songs conveying messages of peace”. A travers l’initiative “Paix et réconciliation”, artists will produce songs about peace, tolerance, le pardon et la réconciliation nationale de tous les fils et les filles du Bénin.
Behind, it is planned to organize concerts in all the communes of Benin. On stage, political-administrative figures of all ideological stripes, crowned heads, of civil society and opinion leaders will rise to deliver messages to their populations. “This will be a way of engaging them to work for peace,” explains the president of Amicale Dynamique Tonagnon..
Arnaud ACAKPO (Coll)