In 2017, in the midst of the French election period, Fatou Diome published Marianne porte plainte! [Marianne files a complaint/presses charges!] a prose poem that questioned the concept of national ...
When Fatou Diome handed a copy of her first novel to her beloved grandmother in Senegal, the response was tepid. For the illiterate older woman, stories are something you tell, not write. “She’s happy ...
This week on Paris des Arts, Valérie Fayolle welcomes author Fatou Diome, who shares insights on her latest novel, a tender and intimate tribute to her grandfather. Next, we head to an iconic Parisian ...
This one comes from Senegalese author Fatou Diome, and she speaks for me when she addresses our former colonial masters thus over our brethren drowning to get to Europe: "These people whose bodies are ...
Meet Senegalese writer Fatou Diome, author of 'Unfulfilled'. Also in today's culture show: a taste of the latest exhibits at the photojournalism festival in the southern French city of Perpignan.