{"id":1168,"date":"2026-09-26T20:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2026-09-26T20:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:40:01","slug":"hommage-national-a-georges-tai-benson-gtb-1946-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/hommage-national-a-georges-tai-benson-gtb-1946-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"HOMMAGE NATIONAL \u00c0 GEORGES TA\u00cf BENSON \u2013 GTB (1946-2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

La C\u00f4te d’Ivoire perd sa voix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georges Ta\u00ef Benson, affectueusement appel\u00e9 GTB \u2013 Djitibi \u2013 s’est \u00e9teint le vendredi 25 septembre 2026 \u00e0 l’Institut de Cardiologie d’Abidjan, \u00e0 80 ans. N\u00e9 le 25 janvier 1946 \u00e0 Treichville, il a consacr\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de 60 ans \u00e0 la RTI, qu’il int\u00e8gre en d\u00e9cembre 1965 apr\u00e8s formation en art dramatique et radiophonie en France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ce qu’il a \u00e9t\u00e9 :
    Pionnier du petit \u00e9cran d\u00e8s le 6 juin 1964 avec “Rythme et Tradition”, cr\u00e9ateur de “Benson re\u00e7oit” et surtout du mythique *Vari\u00e9toscope en 1984, l’\u00e9mission qui, pendant 40 ans, a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 toute la jeunesse ivoirienne pendant les vacances. Animateur, producteur, r\u00e9alisateur, pr\u00e9sentateur JT, ma\u00eetre de c\u00e9r\u00e9monie du Pr\u00e9sident F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny, sous-directeur des programmes RTI, promoteur d’Alpha Blondy et de centaines d’artistes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Ce qu’il a transmis :
    Comme l’a dit hier la Ministre de la Culture Fran\u00e7oise Remarck : _”Pour des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations d’Ivoiriens, et au-del\u00e0, GTB \u00e9tait un pionnier, un pr\u00e9curseur, une voix, un visage, une pr\u00e9sence famili\u00e8re. Il \u00e9tait aussi une signature : celle d’un homme qui a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 fa\u00e7onner notre paysage, \u00e0 donner une place \u00e0 la culture sur nos \u00e9crans et \u00e0 faire \u00e9clore de nombreux talents.”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Distinctions : Chevalier de l’Ordre National, Officier du M\u00e9rite Sportif, Chevalier du M\u00e9rite Agricole, M\u00e9daille d’Or Jeunesse et Sports France, Grand Officier du M\u00e9rite Culturel, Commandeur du M\u00e9rite Culturel. Le Super Prix RTI Music Awards porte son nom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. “Non boss. On s’est parl\u00e9 il y a quelques jours. Non Seigneur. C’est trop.”* \u2013 Khan Herv\u00e9 Koffi, Commissaire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Benson d’Or, hier<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Nous rendons hommage \u00e0 une voix qui a marqu\u00e9 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations, figure embl\u00e9matique de la culture ivoirienne et de l’\u00e9mission Vari\u00e9toscope \u2013 passion, engagement et h\u00e9ritage \u00e9ternel. La C\u00f4te d’Ivoire s’incline devant son pionnier. Repose en paix, GTB.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    La C\u00f4te d’Ivoire perd sa voix. Georges Ta\u00ef Benson, affectueusement appel\u00e9 GTB \u2013 Djitibi \u2013 s’est \u00e9teint le vendredi 25 septembre 2026 \u00e0 l’Institut de Cardiologie d’Abidjan, \u00e0 80 ans. N\u00e9 le 25 janvier 1946 \u00e0 Treichville, il a consacr\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de 60 ans \u00e0 la RTI, qu’il int\u00e8gre en d\u00e9cembre 1965 apr\u00e8s formation en…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thinkrank_schema_form_data":"","_thinkrank_selected_schema_type":"","_thinkrank_additional_schemas":"","_thinkrank_canonical_url":"","_thinkrank_og_title":"","_thinkrank_og_description":"","_thinkrank_og_image":"","_thinkrank_twitter_title":"","_thinkrank_twitter_description":"","_thinkrank_twitter_image":"","_thinkrank_imported_from":"","_thinkrank_focus_keywords":[],"_thinkrank_focus_keyword":"","_thinkrank_robots_meta_enabled":0,"_thinkrank_robots_meta":"[]","_thinkrank_advanced_robots_meta":"[]","_thinkrank_primary_category":0,"_xspeed_no_cache":false,"_xspeed_expiry_hours":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites","category-culture"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agora225.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}