[Originally in: French]
Organised by Mèhèza Kalibani in cooperation with the research group German-African Literature and Identities (LIGA), the listening workshop and joint discussion "The Voices of our Ancestors" took place on 13th January 2022 at the University of Lomé. The main goal of the workshop was to present to the public colonial collections of sound recordings from European archives and to discuss the issues and possibilities of using these recordings today. Participants from different fields were very interested in the discussion.