Non fiction

From Dependents to Dependable: Caring for Aging Parents

Growing old means reversing roles. Pamela wonders about this delicate, decisive moment when the child becomes the guardian of the adult he once admired.

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The Wall In Our Eyes

There are walls we can’t see, invisible walls that draw lines in our minds. Walid discovers them on vacation on the beaches of Zeralda, where the horizon seems to separate Algeria and France. It’s only in Mexico City, when he meets Italian Giuseppe, that these borders become blurred, revealing that identity is built on encounters and memories, far beyond the lines drawn on a map.

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Long read 7 min.

Treasure Hunting on the Beaches of Morocco

At dawn on Contrebandiers Beach in Rabat, Morocco, men walk the shoreline. But who are they, and what are they searching for?

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First Person 9 min.

All the languages I speak belong to me

Diadié is often asked if, in the near future, he plans to write entire novels in Soninke or Bambara. A question that puzzles him. And what if French was not just a language of writing after all?

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Non fiction 11 min.

Chimamanda was right

4 days in Reims to explore with French high school students their representations of Africa. The experience turns out to be progressively chilling for Ysiaka.

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Long read 9 min.

French youth leans towards the (far-)right

They are in their twenties, conservative, and in this election year, they are not just voting for a candidate, but to “save France”.

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