Sunday Independent · 2009-10-18 · written interview

In this 2009 interview with Maureen Isaacson for the Sunday Independent, Véronique Tadjo discusses her novel As the Crow Flies, originally published in French as A Vol d’Oiseau. Tadjo, then serving as the head of French at Wits University, explains her stylistic aversion to linear storytelling. She describes the book’s structure as a ‘necklace’ where individual stories function as ‘beads’ connected by a thematic thread of love. Contrasting her style with the French nouveau roman, she highlights the influence of African oral traditions, myths, and poetry. The conversation explores the book’s borderless landscape and Tadjo’s desire for active reader participation in interpreting her elusive, multi-layered narratives.

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