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Title A Fork In Africa: Black Paris / Director: Viswalingam, Pria
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2010
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Summary Given France's large colonial influence in Africa, Pria samples the African diaspora in Paris, asking why they are more French than African and why France is perceived to have been a "better coloniser" than the rest. Pria talks to Malian singer Rokia Traore, Cameroonian author Calixte Beyala; Euro MP Fode Sylla; student Romuald Nkongo; writer and art critic Simon Njami and former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard. (An SBS-TV production, in English and French, English subtitles)
Event Broadcast 2010-07-29 at 16:00:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Blacks -- Race identity.
Civilization -- French influences.
Colonial influence.
French language -- Pronunciation.
Religion and culture.
France -- Paris.
Form Streaming video
Author Afanowkoe, Aline, contributor
Beyala, Calixthe, contributor
Bouchet, Dominique, contributor
Happy, Georges, contributor
Njami, Simon, contributor
Nkongo, Romuald, contributor
Rocard, Michel, contributor
Seye, khoudia, contributor
Sylla, Fode, contributor
Traore, Rokia, contributor
Viswalingam, Pria, director