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Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC, CBC, F24...), writer (on art, music, street art...), I work in radio, podcasting, online, on films. As a writer, I'm a contributor to the New Arab, Art UK, Byline Times, the i paper... Born in Paris, I was also based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and in Bristol, UK. I also reported from Italy, Germany, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq, South Africa... This blog is to share my work and cultural discoveries.
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My latest:
For the first time in its 73-year history, the Sao Paulo Biennial is taking artworks to the African continent with a travelling showcase in Angola. The event's curators told RFI they hope the project will highlight long-standing correspondences between Angola and Brazil, united by a shared colonial past.
Issued on:
NEWSLETTER October 2023 plunged the territory and the world into chaos, as respect for human rights fell to a new low, and the United Nations is powerless... Now what? Melissa Chemam Oct 04, 2024
link:
https://melissa.substack.com/p/gaza-a-year-later
New podcast episode: Spotlight On Africa
What are Africa's economic needs amid rising competition between China and the West?
To listen >>
Link to our webpage https://rfi.my/B0t5.X
Apple podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-are-africas-economic-needs-amid-rising-competition/id1241972991?i=1000671766047
Adored the movement as a teenager, still love most of it (apart from the lingering misogyny, but where can we really be free of it?).
Here are a few shots from my visit last week: