March 31, 2021: A conversation with Jessica Oublié

For our next conversation, we will welcome Guadeloupe-based author Jessica Oublié, who will discuss her graphic novel tour de force, Tropiques Toxiques, published just last year. In this impressive volume, Oublié tackles the Chlordecone scandal, an ethical embarrassment at the confluence of racism and capitalism, resulting in the poisoning of Martinique and Guadeloupe’s natural resources — sea, land and people. It’s not enough that Oublié effortlessly mobilizes multiple discourses — scientific, historical, psychological, and more — but her decision to turn yet again to the graphic novel to democratize Antillean history makes her an original voice to reckon with. Oublié will be in conversation with Kwazman Vwa’s very own Jennifer Boum Make and Charly Verstraet. This interview will be conducted in French. A recording will be posted shortly thereafter with English subtitles. 

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A conversation with Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey

We are delighted to start off the year in conversation with Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey, whose début novel, Rapatriés, will take us (back) to Haiti. Pierre-Dahomey’s prose has been described as rhythmic, metaphorical, haunting, and we look forward to sharing it with you. The conversation will be held in French and a recording with English subtitles will be posted on our site shortly thereafter.

Belli marchait, vaillante et décidée, sur ce sentier aussi simple qu’un calvaire. Le soir arrivait. Il portait avec lui une lune bien ronde et un air en mouvement qui jetait des bourrasques sur les quartiers amoncelés.”

Rapatriés, Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey