Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC...), writer, (first book on Bristol's music/art; e-book on African art), I also work on films, as a journalism lecturer, and a contributor to the New Arab, Art UK, etc.
Born in Paris, I was based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and Bristol, UK. I also travelled to Italy, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq... My passions: Africa, music, arts...
This blog is to share my work and cultural discoveries.
30/05/2020
Toni Morrison on Racism
Toni Morrison's powerful words on racism
Toni Morrison, who chronicled the African American experience in fiction over five decades has died aged 88 in 2019. The novelist was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature and is widely regarded as a champion for repressed minorities.
Speaking on racism, Morrison said in an interview: "If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is white people have a very, very serious problem".
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A few years ago, I wrote a book project about Toni Morrison, her books and her life, in France, but two publishers told me it wouldn't sell. And there is no book in France about her to this day, though her novels sell so well...
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