{"id":758,"date":"2012-08-29T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icarrouseljp.fr\/?p=758"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:45:28","slug":"mon-amie-africaine-inconnue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icarrouseljp.fr\/index.php\/text\/mon-amie-africaine-inconnue\/","title":{"rendered":"Mon amie africaine inconnue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--1\">temps de lecture 2 mn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/icarrouseljp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-site\/Fond_article_texte.jpg&apos;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group style-roman has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Le billet du mercredi 29 ao\u00fbt<em> 2012<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Mon amie africaine inconnue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Curieuse co\u00efncidence, c\u2019est encore sur mon trajet domicile-travail que s\u2019est produit cette \u00e9tincelle de non-\u00e9v\u00e8nement fortuit que j\u2019aime \u00e0 monter en mayonnaise pour remplir ma chronique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette fois c\u2019\u00e9tait \u00e0 l\u2019aller. Un beau matin ma foi, o\u00f9 la douceur de l\u2019air et l\u2019optimisme des m\u00e9t\u00e9orologues m\u2019avait pouss\u00e9 \u00e0 pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer la bicyclette au m\u00e9tro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7h45, la \u2018Coul\u00e9e Verte\u2019 sur la commune de Ch\u00e2tillon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cet endroit, le c\u00f4t\u00e9 bucolique de ma piste cyclable habituelle offre encore, sur une dizaine de m\u00e8tres de largeur, quelques buissons intermittents de haies basses et un ombrage d\u2019arbres moyens, plant\u00e9s \u00e0 espace r\u00e9gulier sur ses abords. Au sortir d\u2019une courbe, c\u2019est l\u00e0 que je t\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert, \u00e0 quelques tours de p\u00e9dales devant mon guidon, te dirigeant toi aussi vers Paris. Toi que j\u2019appelle ici \u2018mon amie africaine inconnue\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longue silhouette sombre, drap\u00e9e dans la lumi\u00e8re d\u2019un tissu plein de couleurs, tu avan\u00e7ais seule au beau milieu du ruban de bitume, me tournant le dos. Tu marchais avec la nonchalance tranquille et d\u00e9termin\u00e9e de tes fr\u00e8res d\u2019Afrique&nbsp;; eux qui ont compris que le corps s\u2019\u00e9puise \u00e0 vouloir devancer le temps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Et d\u2019un coup, sans pr\u00e9venir, sans pr\u00e9m\u00e9ditation mais sans h\u00e9sitations, tu es sortie de la piste par la gauche, ton bras s\u2019est \u00e9lev\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019horizontale et ta grande main s\u2019est pos\u00e9e \u00e0 plat sur le tronc de l\u2019arbre. Une fraction de seconde et c\u2019\u00e9tait fini, la main tir\u00e9e par le bras avait retrouv\u00e9 l\u2019ombre du corps, le corps avait repris pied sur le bitume, \u00e0 nouveau tu avan\u00e7ais comme \u00e0 mon premier regard. Rien ne semblait avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9par\u00e9 et pourtant tout s\u2019\u00e9tait d\u00e9roul\u00e9 avec la pr\u00e9cision d\u2019un programme d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9crit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u2019ai mis le plus de bienveillance possible dans le \u2018ding\u2019 de ma sonnette pour te pr\u00e9venir de mon arriv\u00e9e et je t\u2019ai doubl\u00e9 pour continuer ma route, la t\u00eate pleine de questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Impulsion ou habitude&nbsp;? Pour prendre ou pour donner&nbsp;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avais-tu c\u00e9d\u00e9 au besoin de sentir le contact rugueux de l\u2019\u00e9corce sur ta paume, avais-tu cherch\u00e9 un \u00e9change mystique avec l\u2019\u00e9nergie v\u00e9g\u00e9tale ou avais-tu donn\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019arbre cette caresse, comme on touche l\u2019\u00e9paule d\u2019un ami pour sceller une connivence&nbsp;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9videmment je ne le saurai jamais mais peu importe, piqu\u00e9 par la spontan\u00e9it\u00e9 de ton geste, son souvenir m\u2019a accompagn\u00e9 tout le jour et m\u2019a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 \u00e0 le fixer dans ces quelques lignes&nbsp;: ce qui n\u2019est pas le moindre de mes plaisirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ceci explique, qu\u2019en remerciements, j\u2019ai pris avec toi la libert\u00e9 du tutoiement et que j\u2019ai pouss\u00e9 la familiarit\u00e9 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 t\u2019appeler \u2018mon amie africaine inconnue\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group style-roman has-global-padding 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