{"id":2435,"date":"2025-12-07T08:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/?page_id=2435"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T19:41:59","slug":"discours-historique-du-president-du-gabon-la-rehabilitation-nationale-de-ogoula-iquaqua-benoit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/discours-historique-du-president-du-gabon-la-rehabilitation-nationale-de-ogoula-iquaqua-benoit\/","title":{"rendered":"Discours historique du Pr\u00e9sident du Gabon : la r\u00e9habilitation nationale de Ogoula Iquaqua Beno\u00eet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2435\" class=\"elementor elementor-2435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0ff512 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"c0ff512\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dedabe\" data-id=\"3dedabe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4273077 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4273077\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discours du Pr\u00e9sident du Gabon\n: \u00ab\u00a0La m\u00e9moire vaut-elle justice\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0?\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0308cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0308cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a07cf5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a07cf5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc31c3b elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc31c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2494\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre.png 1024w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4811fd elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4811fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2495\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Design-sans-titre-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c8fc47 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c8fc47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Le 16 ao\u00fbt 2025, lors de la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration du 65\u00e8me anniversaire de l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance du Gabon, le Pr\u00e9sident a prononc\u00e9 un discours, qui au regard de sa teneur, \u00e9tait sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent dans l\u2019histoire du Gabon. <br \/>Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, un Chef de l\u2019\u00c9tat a reconnu publiquement le r\u00f4le de figures oubli\u00e9es de la r\u00e9sistance coloniale, honorant ainsi les trois grandes figures d\u00e9port\u00e9es en Oubangui-Chari sous la colonisation fran\u00e7aise.<\/p><p>Par cet acte, il s\u2019est distingu\u00e9 de ses pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseurs, en r\u00e9inscrivant dans le r\u00e9cit national, une figure historique oubli\u00e9e de notre m\u00e9moire nationale\u00a0: Beno\u00eet OGOULA IQUAQUA, car, depuis la colonisation, le Gabon souffre d\u2019une profonde crise m\u00e9morielle.<\/p><p>Ce faisant, il a jet\u00e9 les bases de sa r\u00e9habilitation nationale et de la r\u00e9appropriation de notre v\u00e9ritable m\u00e9moire collective.<br \/>D\u00e8s les premi\u00e8res minutes, le Pr\u00e9sident a affirm\u00e9 avec force que \u00ab le Gabon ne commence pas avec nous \u00bb, invitant le pays \u00e0 renouer avec son v\u00e9ritable h\u00e9ritage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf46312 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf46312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discours du pr\u00e9sident du Gabon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8f0cdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b8f0cdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/HFLPuEevMS0&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b9928 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68b9928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cette vid\u00e9o, \u00e0 elle seule, permet de mesurer la port\u00e9e de ce moment : un appel \u00e0 la m\u00e9moire, \u00e0 la dignit\u00e9 et \u00e0 la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 historique.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8459c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d8459c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Une reconnaissance nationale rapidement relay\u00e9e par la presse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a24d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85a24d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La presse gabonaise a soulign\u00e9 le caract\u00e8re exceptionnel de ce discours.<br \/>L\u2019Union a consacr\u00e9 un article entier \u00e0 cet hommage in\u00e9dit aux r\u00e9sistants coloniaux.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685644e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"685644e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5b752726-2a1c-4991-a2e1-29a034e920b7-rotated.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2438\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5b752726-2a1c-4991-a2e1-29a034e920b7-rotated.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5b752726-2a1c-4991-a2e1-29a034e920b7-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5b752726-2a1c-4991-a2e1-29a034e920b7-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5b752726-2a1c-4991-a2e1-29a034e920b7-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5b752726-2a1c-4991-a2e1-29a034e920b7-600x452.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-922185b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"922185b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ce relais m\u00e9diatique montre \u00e0 quel point ce geste marque un tournant dans l\u2019Histoire contemporaine du Gabon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e81ea1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e81ea1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Les trois d\u00e9port\u00e9s coloniaux enfin r\u00e9unis dans la m\u00e9moire officielle<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ee03f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76ee03f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1848\" data-end=\"1951\">Dans son discours, le Pr\u00e9sident a honor\u00e9 les trois grandes figures d\u00e9port\u00e9es en Oubangui-Chari sous la colonisation fran\u00e7aise :<\/p><ul data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"2229\"><li data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"2008\"><p data-start=\"1955\" data-end=\"2008\"><strong data-start=\"1955\" data-end=\"1964\">Wongo<\/strong>, le guerrier de la r\u00e9volte de 1928-1929 ;<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2009\" data-end=\"2109\"><p data-start=\"2011\" data-end=\"2109\"><strong data-start=\"2011\" data-end=\"2023\">L\u00e9on Mba<\/strong>, organisateur d\u2019un mouvement clandestin dans l\u2019Estuaire, futur Pr\u00e9sident du Gabon ;<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2229\"><p data-start=\"2112\" data-end=\"2229\"><strong data-start=\"2112\" data-end=\"2137\">Ogoula Iquaqua Beno\u00eet<\/strong>, arr\u00eat\u00e9 pour avoir initi\u00e9 un mouvement politique \u00e0 Port-Gentil et marginalis\u00e9 \u00e0 son retour.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09d6d5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09d6d5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efbb0f1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efbb0f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2bb4ffae-27f4-4a92-b5ee-45299388ba6e-Modifie-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2528\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2bb4ffae-27f4-4a92-b5ee-45299388ba6e-Modifie-1.jpg 494w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2bb4ffae-27f4-4a92-b5ee-45299388ba6e-Modifie-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2bb4ffae-27f4-4a92-b5ee-45299388ba6e-Modifie-1-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6054f6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6054f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d56007e8-361a-4303-a2fa-3c58a943f456.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d56007e8-361a-4303-a2fa-3c58a943f456.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d56007e8-361a-4303-a2fa-3c58a943f456-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4fc202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4fc202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Les deux hommes ont pourtant partag\u00e9 la douloureuse \u00e9preuve de la d\u00e9portation la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e (1932), en Oubangui-Chari. Mais, ont-ils v\u00e9ritablement men\u00e9 la m\u00eame lutte pour l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance\u00a0? Malgr\u00e9 cette proximit\u00e9, il est \u00e9tonnant que son ami L\u00e9on Mba, n\u2019ait jamais \u0153uvr\u00e9 \u00e0 la r\u00e9habilitation de son compagnon. Les deux amis \u00e9taient-ils toujours guid\u00e9s par les m\u00eames valeurs, id\u00e9aux\u00a0? Le 1er Pr\u00e9sident du Gabon avait-il v\u00e9ritablement les mains libres\u00a0?<\/p><p>Cette omission historique donne encore plus de sens au geste pos\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui par le Pr\u00e9sident : remettre OIB \u00e0 la place qu\u2019il m\u00e9rite dans la m\u00e9moire collective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38045d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38045d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00ab Ce faisant, nous n\u2019avons pas la pr\u00e9tention de nous imposer,<br \/>mais faisons valoir que l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat du Gabon voudrait qu\u2019il y e\u00fbt<br \/>une place pour chaque chose et que chaque chose f\u00fbt \u00e0 sa place\u00a0\u00bb (OIB).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a674a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a674a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ogoula Iquaqua Beno\u00eet : un homme multidimensionnel qui sort enfin de l\u2019ombre<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c02385 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c02385\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>OGOULA IQUAQUA fut, certes, un r\u00e9sistant, mais aussi un visionnaire porteur d\u2019un id\u00e9al de Lumi\u00e8re et d\u2019une certaine id\u00e9e de l\u2019universel, patriote-r\u00e9formateur, penseur-humaniste, mystique politique s\u2019inscrivant dans la transcendance. En somme, un homme multidimensionnel qui voulait apporter une conception du monde et une sagesse.<\/p><p>C\u2019est, cette particularit\u00e9, qui explique tout l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat port\u00e9 sur son parcours si singulier, qui a donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 une dense production intellectuelle, initi\u00e9e, d\u00e8s avant les ind\u00e9pendances, par le sociologue G. BALANDIER (1952), poursuivie par l\u2019historienne F. BERNAULT (1996).<\/p><p>Aujourd\u2019hui, encore, il reste un sujet de recherche \u00e0 l\u2019international, notamment dans le cadre des travaux men\u00e9s par le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) et de l\u2019Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF), qui a donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 une exposition virtuelle\u00a0 sur \u00ab\u00a0l\u2019Affaire OGOULA IQUAQUA\u00a0\u00bb \u00e9dit\u00e9 par Criminocorpus, et la parution ce 14 Ao\u00fbt 2025 d\u2019un ouvrage collectif, intitul\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Fou et indig\u00e8ne. L\u2019alt\u00e9rit\u00e9 au prisme du droit colonial en Afrique\u00a0\u00bb dirig\u00e9 par Silvia Falconieri.<br \/><br \/>Tout cela concourant \u00e0 faire de OIB, l\u2019une des personnalit\u00e9s gabonaise de l\u2019\u00e9poque coloniale et postcoloniale dont le parcours est actuellement le plus \u00e9tudi\u00e9 en France et \u00e0 l\u2019international.<\/p><p>Loin d\u2019\u00eatre en reste, des universitaires Gabonais ont \u00e9galement \u0153uvr\u00e9 \u00e0 le r\u00e9tablir dans la m\u00e9moire nationale\u00a0; nous pouvons citer entre autres\u00a0: les professeurs Nicolas METEGUE N\u2019NAH, Blaise NJOYI, G. ROSSATANGA-RIGNAULT, M.L. ROPIVIA, P. AYAMINE, F. ONANGA, et, le grand chansonnier Pierre-Claver AKENDENGUE, l\u2019inscrivant dans son hymne-\u00e9loge aux vaillants guerriers africains de la lutte anticoloniale dans \u00ab\u00a0Anom\u00e9 anomi\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c30f3e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c30f3e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Un h\u00e9ritage port\u00e9 aussi par les artistes, notamment par le grand chansonnier Pierre Claver Akendengu\u00e9<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062a2ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"062a2ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"517\">La m\u00e9moire d\u2019Ogoula Iquaqua Beno\u00eet ne se transmet pas uniquement par les archives, les discours officiels ou les travaux acad\u00e9miques. Elle vit aussi dans la <strong data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"453\">culture gabonaise<\/strong>, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 l\u2019histoire se fait chant, symbole et transmission orale.<\/p><p data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"756\">Dans son \u0153uvre <strong data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"552\"><em data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"550\">Anom\u00e9 anomi\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>, d\u00e9di\u00e9e aux grandes figures africaines de la r\u00e9sistance anticoloniale, <strong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"652\">Pierre-Claver Akendengu\u00e9<\/strong> \u00e9voque Ogoula Iquaqua \u00e0 travers un refrain devenu embl\u00e9matique :<br data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"720\" \/><em data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"756\">\u00ab Ogoul\u2019Iquaqua Ak\u00e9yi nagw\u00e9ni\u2026 ? \u00bb<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"1058\">Cette formule, qui signifie en fran\u00e7ais <em data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"833\">\u00ab Ogoula Iquaqua est parti o\u00f9 ? \u00bb<\/em> ou <em data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"877\">\u00ab O\u00f9 est donc pass\u00e9 Ogoula Iquaqua ? \u00bb<\/em>, ne rel\u00e8ve pas d\u2019un simple chant fun\u00e8bre. Elle n\u2019exprime pas seulement l\u2019absence physique de l\u2019homme, mais interroge le devenir de <strong data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1057\">son id\u00e9ologie, de son combat et de sa pens\u00e9e<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1233\">\u00c0 travers cette question r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9e, Akendengu\u00e9 pose une interrogation plus profonde :<br data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1146\" \/>qu\u2019est devenue la vision d\u2019Ogoula Iquaqua, et qui, aujourd\u2019hui, en porte l\u2019h\u00e9ritage ?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-078cb11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"078cb11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/41QjpHizTDo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f523c0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f523c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1558\">Le chant sugg\u00e8re que si l\u2019homme a disparu, <strong data-start=\"1278\" data-end=\"1309\">ses id\u00e9es, elles, demeurent<\/strong>, port\u00e9es par la m\u00e9moire collective et par sa descendance. En cela, l\u2019\u0153uvre musicale devient un relais essentiel de transmission, prolongeant dans le champ artistique ce que l\u2019histoire et la recherche scientifique tentent aujourd\u2019hui de r\u00e9habiliter.<\/p><p data-start=\"1560\" data-end=\"1751\">Cette pr\u00e9sence dans la musique nationale confirme qu\u2019Ogoula Iquaqua Beno\u00eet d\u00e9passe la figure historique : il est un <strong data-start=\"1678\" data-end=\"1696\">symbole vivant<\/strong>, dont la pens\u00e9e continue de traverser les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96fcee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96fcee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion : un geste fort, mais une r\u00e9habilitation et une r\u00e9paration \u00e0 b\u00e2tir ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05994d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05994d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"4349\" data-end=\"4547\">Ce discours du 16 ao\u00fbt 2025 constitue un tournant historique, un acte politique fort qui r\u00e9pare une injustice m\u00e9morielle profonde. En revalorisant Ogoula Iquaqua, Wongo et L\u00e9on Mba, le Pr\u00e9sident inscrit le Gabon dans un mouvement de r\u00e9appropriation de sa v\u00e9ritable histoire, longtemps fragment\u00e9e par la colonisation.<br \/>Il ouvre la voie \u00e0 une r\u00e9habilitation nationale durable, soutenue par les chercheurs, les institutions, les artistes, et d\u00e9sormais, par la Nation tout enti\u00e8re.<br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"#\">Puisse enfin cette Aurore tant esp\u00e9r\u00e9e par OGOULA IQUAQUA en 1932 et immortalis\u00e9e par G. DAMAS en 1958 dans notre hymne nationale, se lever v\u00e9ritablement dans notre Beau Pays.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discours du Pr\u00e9sident du Gabon : \u00ab\u00a0La m\u00e9moire vaut-elle justice\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0? Le 16 ao\u00fbt 2025, lors de la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration du 65\u00e8me anniversaire de l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance du Gabon, le Pr\u00e9sident a prononc\u00e9 un discours, qui au regard de sa teneur, \u00e9tait sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent dans l\u2019histoire du Gabon. Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, un Chef de l\u2019\u00c9tat a reconnu publiquement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621,"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2435\/revisions\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogoulaiquaqua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}