Melissa on the road

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.

06/10/2024

Institut des Cultures d'Islam - Paris

Réouverture de l'espace Rue Léon avec l'exposition 'L'Esprit du Geste' - Oct. 2024

05/10/2024

Parisians for Palestinians and Lebanese

Paris, Saturday 5 October 2024

04/10/2024

New post on my newsletter: Gaza, a year later...

Gaza, a year later...

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

Podcast: Africa between China and the West...

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

02/10/2024

Surréalisme à 100 ans

Exposition

Surréalisme

4 sept. 2024 - 13 janv. 2025

Centre Pompidou

Paris

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:

I could add so many more...

But these for now.

01/10/2024

New song: MC Abdul - 'I May Be Young'

MC Abdul - 'I May Be Young'
(Official Video)

Insight into the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

Listening All Night To The Rain - an exhibition by John Akomfrah
British Pavilion 2024 - Venice Biennale

Here is a little insight into John Akomfrah's piece for the Venice Biennale 2024 British Pavilion, titled 'Listening All Night To The Rain', something I filmed on Sunday at the art fair...

New music interview: with Blick Bassy

Cameroon's Blick Bassy seeks to unite
new generation of African music makers

Composer, singer and songwriter Blick Bassy makes music that celebrates his multiple identities: as a Cameroonian living between Africa and France, a polyglot, a travelling artist, and a Pan-Africanist. RFI met him in Paris to discuss his latest album, as well as a new project to unite music makers from across the African continent.