The lost promise of childhood
The state-sanctioned violence committed against children such as Nahel M forces us to revisit the very question of childhood, its privileges, and its roots in the French imperialization of Africa.
The state-sanctioned violence committed against children such as Nahel M forces us to revisit the very question of childhood, its privileges, and its roots in the French imperialization of Africa.
The recent explosions in the Stade de France was one of the most surreal things to ever take place in a stadium built nearly two decades ago specifically to house history.
Rachid Khimoune grew up in a small mining town in Northern France where his Algerian parents
The American artist says he wants to tackle Françafrique; to turn it on its head. But in the process, he can't help repeat stereotypes and artificial divisions.
A group of black women, from Africa and its diaspora, decide to mess with Paris Fashion Week. Was it worth it? Did anyone care?
Younger generations of artists, many immigrants of African origin, are reconfiguring the arts in France on their own terms.
Both of the front-runners, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist François Hollande, have run against FrançAfrique. Easier said than done.
A sense of how the Malian diaspora experiences the political tensions and instability back home.
In the introduction to The World According to Bylex, Filip De Boeck and Koen Van Synghel
This is Number 11 in my occasional series of posts highlighting the music of my hometown, Paris, also a center of Europe's African diaspora.
When it comes to engaging with French language opinions and writings in English, it’s a desert out there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd6W5jjOgRA Mokobe commentates on the actions of Rihannon, Naomi Campboule, Rachida Beckham and friends over a
I like the tone and aesthetic of this commercial. It makes Paris look like parts of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841i137-CYg Alain Mabanckou’s 2009 novel Black Bazar spoke successfully to and about the African diaspora in
Number 8 in our series, Paris Is a Continent, showcasing the music of the French capital, is about bragging rights and one song.
Afrobeats is broadly what most people think when they try to define black music in the UK. But it is hard to pin down.
Tunisian born artist Amel Bennys, who works between Tunis and Paris, has just had her first
The third in my series of musical breaks from Paris, France, features L'Algerino, Nessbeal, Corneille and La Fouine.
There’s a fast growing collection of cross-over hip hop songs produced by Central and West African
Hinda Talhaoui, originally from Paris but based in Brooklyn, drops the second of her posts highlighting the music of her hometown.