Identity is experienced, built, sometimes undone and may even be transmitted. The paths are numerous, complex, and far from being acquired, identity is often conquered over time. Gender, race, religion, sexual orientation... are all gripping and intimate subjects, we talk about here.
All Identities Combined
Guinea, United States, France: the three lives of Abdel Camara
He was born in Guinea, studied in the United States, moved to France. Abdel is at the same time, Guinean, American, maybe soon French, and also, muslim. So he knows a lot about what it means to "be black" in this world.
The many faces of Paris
From the depths of Yvelines to the south of the Seine-Marne, the inhabitants of Île-de-France often embody a rurban lifestyle in which a diversity of landscapes and identities abound.
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.
Not Like the Other Boys
For some, Charles has never been a guy, a “proper” guy. He has a soft voice, bursts out laughing with his hand over his mouth and bears no interest at all in soccer. Nothing dramatic, really.
How Columbus ruined my birthday
Javier was born on the same day as the Mexican national holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus. An almost harmless date until statues started to be taken down.
