In the play Le Petit Frère du rameur, Togolese author Kossi Efoui problematizes the world of representations (literary, media, cinematographic, etc.) while simultaneously investigating the condition of exile. How does this play develop a critical consciousness of the work itself, writing and theatre and how does it use this metatheatrical register to examine questions of belonging, identity, and memory in contexts of exile? How, through metatheatre, does Efoui highlight the violence of social invisibility and, also, the creative possibilities that emerge from the margins of society? This study will explore the forms and functions of metatheatrical practices mobilized in this play, in particular the “internal spectacle” and the representation of the writer’s workshop.