Wow!: Descendants of enslaved, enslavers “break silence” around France’s past
STEPHANE MAHE and CATARINA DEMONY, of Reuters, report on how Dieudonne Boutrin and Pierre Guillon de Prince are working together to raise awareness about slavery and its legacy in today’s society….
COVID-19 unrest has created “explosive” situation in Guadeloupe, says Macron
Pointe-a-Pitre, GuadeloupeReuters French President Emmanuel Macron said violence in Guadeloupe over COVID-19 restrictions had created a “very explosive” situation, as a general strike entered a second week on Monday and many stores remained shuttered after nighttime looting. Hours before Macron’s Prime Minister and lawmakers from the Caribbean archipelago were to hold crisis talks in Paris, […]
In France’s overseas territories, Napoleon’s legacy has a more troublesome side
Reunion Island, FranceReuters When France commemorates the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death on 5th May, Aurelie Ramassamy will remember a tyrant who reversed the abolition of slavery rather than an emperor often lionised as a hero for his battlefield triumphs. Like most Creoles on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, one of France’s overseas departments, Ramassamy is […]