Fania Noël Explained
Fania Noël, or Fania Noël-Thomassaint, is a Franco-Haitian author and an activist for Afro-feminist causes.
Career
Noël was born in Haiti, and she grew up in Cergy, France.[1] Noël studied at the Sorbonne, obtaining a master's degree in political science there.[2]
Noël was a co-founder of the publication AssiégéEs, which she became publication director of in 2015.[3]
Noël authored the book Afro-communautaire : Appartenir à nous-mêmes[4] as well as the edited collection Afrofem, both released with the publisher Éditions Syllepse (Fr).[5]
In addition to writing and editing, Noël has also engaged in political and social activist work. Originally an activist with the French Socialist Party, she then moved to the Left Front,[1] before disavowing these institutional affiliations and joining the activist collective Mwasi (which means "girl" or "woman" in Lingala[6]).[7] Noël was also a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement in France.[8]
Notes and References
- News: Fania Noël : le combat entre soi . fr . . Dounia . Hadni . 3 April 2016 . 5 August 2020.
- News: Fania Noël . . Yasmine . Chouaki . 9 May 2016 . 5 August 2020.
- News: AssiégéEs vous présente son premier numéro : L'étau . fr . AssiégéEs . June 2015 . 5 August 2020.
- News: Le colorisme sévit toujours dans les séries afro-américaines . fr . Slate . 5 August 2020.
- News: LP-Umoja France: Rencontre avec Fania Noël Thomassaint avec son livre " Afro communautaire, appartenir à nous-mêmes " . LP-Umoja France . fr . 22 November 2019 . 5 August 2020.
- News: " Ne nous libérez pas, on s'en charge " : le cri des afroféministes . Le Monde . Pierre . Sorgue . 28 July 2018 . 5 August 2020.
- News: Pourquoi le combat antiraciste est de plus en plus porté par des femmes . Cheek Magazine . Margot . Cherrid . 13 July 2020 . 5 August 2020.
- News: Black Lives Matter movement comes to France. But will it translate? . The Washington Post . James . McAuley . 8 August 2016 . 5 August 2020.
