MENU: 2.3.5.i. Suddenly visible Blacks
A WOMAN OF GUADELOUPEAN ORIGIN SANG THE MARSEILLAISE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Axelle Saint-Cirel on the roof of the Grand Palais.
These pages observe that évolution
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Thursday, March 28, 2019
THE CITY HONORS HEROES OF COLOR
SUDDENLY...
Of the 15 "Mariannes"* whose photos surrounded the Panthéon
to honor Women's Day, three were Black...
(In 2021)
*Marianne: the symbol of the French Republic
Three Black Mariannes, " Entrée to Black Paris," March 2021
- Fatoumata Kébé, daughter of a Malian cleaning woman, is an astrophysicien specialized in spatial waste.
- Others: of the film-maker Fanny Glissant and the judo champion Clarisse Agbeguenon, of Martinican and Togolese heritage respectively.
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Two sculptures of Black heroes appear at the same time.
(At the General Catroux park, 17th)
- General Alexander Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie,* the herculean general of whom Napoleon was jealous. He was born into slavery as the son of Marie-Cessette Dumas, a West Indian slave, and as a child was briefly sold into slavery himself.
Irons by Driss Sans-Arcidet / zoom |
The irons evoke slavery in his memory.
Black past with a short biography
The attitude she confronted "And since nothing stops people without education, of whom violence is the essence of character, they indulged in the greatest excess [...]. Thirty thousand were in full insurrection and had already burned down 2018 sugar plantations and massacred 300 whites [...]. The merchants Le Havre and other ports offered all their armed ships for the transport of troops." -- Memoirs of Madame the Duchess of Tourzel, governess of the children of France, 1957 ed, pp. 251-252 Her biography, The Mulatto Solitude by André-Schwarz-Bart (1972), is fictionalized since little is known of her. But the context is real. The hanging took place the day after she gave birth, because the baby was valuable as a slave. This is the only statue of a Black woman in Paris. 
This stamp appeared at the same time. Other cities also remember...
Musée du Nouveau Monde (New World Museum) 
.jpg) Clarisse, wet-nurse slave by Woodly Caymitte, called Filipo, 2024 
 # # # The Senate's recognition of the slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity is commemorated each May 10... recently with drama.
# # # In autumn 2022, Black popular arts appeared at...
 "Sapeurs" of Congo-Brazzaville mocked the white conquerors by exaggerating their dress, and now make overdressing an art.
"JULY 14 Paris celebrates its overseas departments" * * * Next, |
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
POPULAR RECOGNITION
PARISIANS HAVE WELCOMED BLACK AMERICAN ARTS EVER SINCE SOLDIERS BROUGHT JAZZ TO FRANCE
France-Amérique / zoom
Gospel singing has been sung and taught in Paris for years.
Ursuline Kairson Facebook
Entrée to Black Paris
- Josephine Baker, one of the first international stars...
- Entered the Panthéon (the secular mausoleum) on November 30, 2020.
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Soon afterwards the television station France 24 interviewed Monique Wells, who publishes Entrée to Black Paris and guides visits that focus on African Americans.
- A square had already been named for her (in 2000)
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| Claude Abron |
Inauguration of place Joséphine Baker, 14th, with the district mayor and the American singer Ursuline Kairson.
- Now a famous poster is spontaneously adapted:
Entrée to Black Paris
Bus stop in the 13th, novembre 2023; decor 2024 (Facebook, Jill Danger)
- Her image is on a coin and painted on a wall (in 2024)
169 boulevard de l'Hopital,13e
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They have appreciated intellectuals from the former colonies from almost the same time, and had Cameroon's Barthelémy Togué do the decor for the Château Rouge métro in 2017 and exhibit at the National Library in 2024.
Entrée to Black Paris for a full report,
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Recently they've discovered their own artists, introducing hiphop in a classic opera, at the important Châtelet theater and by a musical that drew the attention of even the New York Times:
The New York Times, October 9, 2024
As so often,
energy comes from below.
It is appreciated at last.
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