Melissa on the road

Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC, CBC, F24...), writer (on art, music, culture...), I work in radio, podcasting, online, on films. As a writer, I also contributed to the New Arab, Art UK, Byline Times, the i Paper... Born in Paris, I was 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, news and cultural discoveries.

22/08/2016

"How The Sky Finds Us"

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 I just discovered this video, this text, this poet, this spoken word artist randomly thanks to Facebook. I knew social media could get us...
18/08/2016

Il Grande Cretto soon in the Public Art Review

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 Oh, and by the way, my longer article on Alberto Burri's amazing and gigantic piece of land art in Gibellina, Il Grande Cretto , will...

"Syzygy" and Lina Viktor's Gold and Blue

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 I love Twitter and Instagram just because they allow us to connect with extremely talented people and bodies - art institutions, museums,...

August 18: Planting seeds...

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16/08/2016

BBC Intro West celebrates 'Blues Lines' at 25

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I did not realize when I first started my Bristol project late 2014 that my book would be out the year of Blue Lines 's 25th anniversa...

Le nouveau livre de Karine Tuil, L'Insousiance, en librairie le 18 août : entretien

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In France, if you know a little of the country's rituals, September is a moment of start-over. August being so quiet, most places clo...

The thing about Britain...

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 Ah England... Even after the Brexit referendum, even after the most wonderful weeks in the equally as wonderful Sicily, you manage to rem...
11/08/2016

Full line-up for Massive Attack's "The Downs Festival" announced

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Via Crack Magazine : ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR MASSIVE ATTACK BRISTOL SHOW A DJ line-up has also been announced for th...
09/08/2016

THE COLOR LINE: Quai Branly (4 octobre 2016 - 15 janvier 2017)

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THE   COLOR LINE Les artistes africains-américains et la s é gr é gation 4 octobre 2016  -  15 janvier  201 7 L...
01/08/2016

That Window...

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“The 100th Window is the one you don’t close. It’s the one you’ve got no real control over. It sounded celestial to me, almos...
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Melissa Chemam
Journalist, writer and travel-lover. I have been working on international affairs, arts & culture for more than 16 years. Main issues: African affairs, migrations, North/South relations, postcolonial studies, art, music, and suburban cultures. Worked with BBC, RFI, TV5, DW, CBC, F24 and diverse magazines. Born in Paris, I spent months in Prague, a year in Miami, two in London, one in Nairobi / East Africa, three months in Bangui and many more in Bristol, UK. I have a special relationship with cities: Bristol, Istanbul, Kampala, Naples, London, Mexico DF, Palermo... Also travelled to the USA, Haiti, the Caucasus, West and Central Africa, India... Contact: melissa.journalist@gmail.com
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