La Culture Oui, But Why?18 Mai 2022

Season 2 Episode 8 Laura Nsafou alias Mrs.Roots on Writing for Children

Laura Nsafou is our guest for this episode. Also known as Mrs Roots, she is a French blogger and author and artist in residence at the Lycee Francais de New York.

Founder of the Afrolab workshop, Laura is the author of the eleven-times reprinted picture book Comme un million de papillons noirs (Like A Million Black Butterflies) published at Editions Cambourakis, A mains nues (Editions Synapse), Le chemin de Jada (Jada's Journey, Cambourakis), Fadya et le chant de la rivière (Lunii), La demeure du ciel (Cambourakis). In September 2021 she wrote her first Yound Adult novel NOS JOURS BRÛLÉS (éditions Albin Michel). The second volume of this saga is due very soon. She is also working on a bande dessinée or graphic novel. In February 2022, French Vogue listed her among "the most promising authors of the moment".

In France, Laura Nsafou embodies a whole new generation of authors, As a committed Afro-feminist, she tackles social representations, history, and culture of black women on her dedicated site: mrsroots.fr. Her motto is: "Write. So that it is no longer possible to say once again: I didn't know."

In this podcast, Laura Nsafou talks about her own childhood, and her desire to write. She has been in residence at the Lycee Francais de New York with the 5th graders in the Spring of 2022. She gives some details about the writing project she has led there.

Many thanks to Somi for other music.

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