RFI English
Pauline Bandelier is Ollia Horton's guest on Paris Live
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- Pauline Bandelier is Ollia Horton's guest on Paris Live
- Runtime
- 12:29
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Pauline Bandelier is an independent journalist who has lived in the USA, the UK, and China.
In 2016, Pauline spent two months on board the rescue ship SOS Méditerranee, the Aquarius, collecting testimonies of migrants who had survived the ordeal of the dangerous sea crossing.
She then spent time observing their experiences in France over the last three years.
These encounters became the basis of a book called "Paroles de Migrants" – (Words of Migrants), published by Hugo Doc and released today 4th April, in French. The English version is in the works.
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- Senegal's Julia Sarr sings Djelima at RFI
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mezzo soprano Julia Sarr has a remarkable voice. Listen to her singing Djelima from her 2nd album Daraludul Yow. "I have hair on my head, but inside I have spirit" she sings in her native Wolof.
Our guest on this week's World Music Matters podcast and in concert at Rares Talents festival, Montreuil, on 6 April.
Subscribe to our #WorldMusicMatters Podcast : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/world-music-matters/id1241973666?mt=2
Julia Sarr https://www.facebook.com/julia.sarr.96/
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- Fake news in France: helping teenagers to spot it
- Runtime
- 3:29
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Fake news has flourished online in France in recent years, influencing information about the Yellow Vest movement, terror attacks, Roma people, vaccinations and more. Kevin Razy, a comedian and television host, has published a book that gives young people the critical skills to navigate the sea of information.
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- Agnès Varda: French New Wave queen
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Filmmaker Agnès Varda, who passed away on Friday at the age of 90, was the first woman to win an honorary Golden Palm at Cannes.
Read more here ▶ https://rfi.my/3rpC.f
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- Live on Live The Africa Report March 2019
- Runtime
- 9:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Marshall Van Valen from The Africa Report magazine about the rising wave of youth protests across the African continent.
http://en.rfi.fr
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- Alain Tallon defends Sorbonne over 'blackface' race row
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Thespians at the Sorbonne University in Paris have been prevented from staging an interpretation of the ancient Greek play ‘The Suppliants’ that depicts white actors with darkened faces, by 50 anti-racism protestors. The president of the Sorbonne's humanities faculty, Alain Tallot, vows to restage the play in exactly the same format.
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- #WorldMusicMatters - Altan play "Dónal Agus Mórag"
- Runtime
- 4:55
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar), Ciarán Curran (bouzouki), from the 5-piece Irish band Altan play this much-loved traditional ballad from their album Harvest Storm on RFI’s World Music Matters. Their new album The Gap of Dreams is out now on Compass Records.·
Listen to the band on #Worldmusicmatters: http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190329-Altan-passionate-trailblazers-Irish-traditional-music
Subscribe to our #WorldMusicMatters Podcast : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1241973666
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- #WorldMusicMatters - Altan play "The Tullaghan Lasses/The Cameronian/The Pigeon on the Gate"
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar), Ciarán Curran (bouzouki), from 5-piece traditional Irish music band Altan, play from their new album The Gap of Dreams on RFI's World Music Matters.·Album out on Compass Records.·
https://altan.ie/the-gap-of-dreams/
Listen to the band on #Worldmusicmatters: http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190329-Altan-passionate-trailblazers-Irish-traditional-music
Subscribe to our #WorldMusicMatters Podcast : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1241973666
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- African art dealer on repatriation controversy
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The ban imposed by the Ministry of Culture in France on 40 artefacts taken by the French army during a battle in the ancient kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century, then kept in a private collection for decades in France, has sparked a debate about the pros and cons of repatriating artefacts to African countries. In November 2018 President Emmanuel Macron ordered the return of artefacts from Africa held in public collections to countries with bilateral agreements with France, including Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal. Art dealer David Norden shares his views on the issue. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2TAt8xF
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- Activists in France prevent auction of African artefacts
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The auction of 40 artefacts taken from the ancient kingdom of Dahomey during a military campaign in the 19th century, and held in a private collection for decades, was cancelled following a dramatic intervention by African activists in the city of Nantes. The objects are set to be returned to Benin. Thomas Bouli led the charge. He talked RFI English through his planning process. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2TAt8xF
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- Sharing the art of craftsmanship
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- "Compagnons du devoir et du Tour de France" is a unique French trade guild founded in 1941 that trains young apprentices to be highly skilled artisans. Nearly 90% of "Compagnons du devoir" find a job after their training. Compagnons Audrey Ludwig and Emma-Léa Maréchal talked to RFI about making luxury handbags and shoes.
Read more http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190311-Sharing-art-craftsmanship-Compagnons-du-devoir
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- Tibetans and Uighurs urge Macron to pressure Xi Jinping on human rights
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Activists in the Tibetan, Uighur Muslim and other diaspora communities of France are asking Emmanuel Macron to push human rights issues during a two-day official visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Read more http://en.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20190325-tibetans-and-uighurs-urge-macron-pressure-xi-jinping-human-rights
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- #Paris Talks 2019 - The participants - Zineb
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI talked to participants at the Paris Talks conference 2019 to know more about their motivation to attend the event. Paris Talks took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris where they discussed topics related to the future of humanity.
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- Live on Live - Franco Irish Trade Relations and Brexit 2019
- Runtime
- 15:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey takes a look at trade between France and Ireland and the impact of Brexit on the logistics and flow of goods between the two countries, if the UK landbrige for haulage becomes too expensive and whether French ports can handle the expected spike in maritime traffic
http://en.rfi.fr
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- Good France food festival highlights sustainable gastronomy
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Famous chefs will be cooking banquets for guests at French embassies in all four corners of the globe this weekend in a bid to promote sustainable gastronomy.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190322-good-food-festival-highlights-sustainable-gastronomy
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- Guy Forget hails Roland Garros developments
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- French Open boss Guy Forget tells RFI about the new-look Roland Garros.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/sports/20190321-roland-garros-launches-new-look
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- Joseph Chedid live in "WorldMusicMatters"
- Runtime
- 3:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Joseph Chedid performs "Devoilez-vous" (Reveal your true self) from Part 2 of upcoming album Source. 4-track EP just out. In concert 4 April, 4 May, 2019 @ Les Trois Baudets, Paris Read and hear more about Chedid and the album :
https://rfi.my/3py9
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- France’s Yellow Vests: how to be heard through the violence?
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Following riots that ravaged parts of the Champs-Elysées Avenue in Paris on Saturday, many Yellow Vest protesters and those who sympathise with them say media coverage focuses too much on violence.
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- Paris Talks Live, March 15th
- Runtime
- 27:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- At the Paris Talks open forum that took place at UNESCO on the 15th March 2019, RFI English participated in the presentations and debates, tackling the issues facing the world and the future of humanity.
This year, the Paris Talks conference focused on The Future of Conflict and RFI’s David Coffey conducted a round-table discussion on the sidelines of the event, that was broadcast and streamed live from the venue on Paris Live.
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- #ParisTalks 2019 - The participants - Liz
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI talked to participants at the Paris Talks conference 2019 to know more about their motivation to attend the event. Paris Talks took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris where they discussed topics related to the future of humanity.
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- Wilting Point, a photo exhibition in Paris by William Daniels
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 'Wilting Point' is an exhibition which spans the work of French photo-reporter William Daniels since 2007. In about 60 images, at the Carré Beaudoin in Paris, he exposes the vulnerability of people in times of crisis. He spoke to RFI's Rosslyn Hyams. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2U5DRVj
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- Issa Nyaphaga talks to RFI English's Ollia Horton 2019
- Runtime
- 12:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Ollia Horton talks to Cameroon's Issa Nyaphaga founder of Hope International for Tikar People NGO and the brains behind Radio Taboo.
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- Dr Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, CTBTO Preparatory Commission on Nuclear Testing
- Runtime
- 10:34
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Dr Lassina Zerbo on the sidelines of last week's Paris Talks forum at UNESCO about the work being undertaken by the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) and the challenges in ensuring nuclear testing remains a thing of the past.
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- Live on Live - H E Patricia O'Brien, Ambassador of Ireland in France
- Runtime
- 20:20
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey takes a look at Ireland's position on Brexit as Paris prepares for St.Patrick's Day, with H E Patricia O'Brien, Ambassador of Ireland in France
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- Keenya Hofmaier, Paris Talks content coordinator
- Runtime
- 11:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- This Friday 15 March, RFI English will be broadcasting live from the sidelines of the Paris Talks forum taking place at UNESCO headquarters here in the French capital. This year's theme: "The Future of Conflict: Complex Sources & Innovative Solutions". RFI's Ollia Horton and David Coffey met Keenya Hofmaier, content coordinator for this year's edition of the conference on Paris Live.
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- Kenyan designer fighting for equality in fashion
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- It's never too late to reinvent yourself. Eva Rogo-Levenez is on her third career path. She recently had her first ever show at Paris Fashion Week, ready-to-wear autumn/winter 2019-2020.
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- Vasarely: The artist as visual inventor
- Runtime
- 3:08
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Paris is finally paying an appropriate tribute to key 20th Century artist Victor Vasarely. Crowds are lining up at the George Pompidou Centre for a major exhibition of the Constructivist, Op Art and Pop Art icon’s work.
The show, ‘Le Partage des Formes’ runs until 6 May.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190310-pompidou-centre-paris-pays-first-major-tribute-op-art-pop-art-icon-vasarely
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- Connie Lee Bennett, Global Woman Club Paris
- Runtime
- 9:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- On the occasion of International Women's Day, RFI's Ollia Horton speaks to Connie Lee Bennett, regional director of Global Woman Club (Paris) - an international networking group for female entrepreneurs. They discuss the new paradigm of business empowerment.
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- Jessica Bennett Gender Editor Of New York Times on International Women's Day
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Jessica Bennett was thrust into her role as gender editor for The New York Times at the height of the Harvey Weinstein scandal in 2017, and has since contributed to changing attitudes towards harassment, sexual violence and abuse. On International Women's Day, she discusses how she's engaging more female readers.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20190308-nyt-gender-editor-pushes-feminism-fight-equality
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- Meet the woman teaching thousands of kids to code
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Claude Terosier founded Magic Makers in 2012 after she was unable to find a place for her eight-year-old son to learn how to code. Since then thousands of children have enrolled to learn how to code. Now the challenge is how to encourage girls to enroll.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190306-teaching-kids-code-so-they-can-create-beautiful-things
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- Algerians protest Bouteflika’s fifth presidential bid
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- In central Paris, at the Place de la Republique, thousands of Algerians living in France unite in their disdain for Bouteflika's plans to run for a fifth presidential mandate.
http://en.rfi.fr/africa/20190303-algiers-paris-protests-bouteflikas-fifth-mandate-algeria
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- A visit to Jim Morrison's grave in Père Lachaise cemetery (France)
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The grave of Jim Morrison, who died in Paris on 3 July 1971, aged 27, remains the most popular grave in Père Lachaise cemetery 48 years after his death. There are tourists every day from all over the world.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190213-Searching-Jim-Morrisons-soul-Pere-Lachaise-cemetery-Paris
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- Live with The Africa Report's Nick Norbrook
- Runtime
- 12:34
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey hosts this month's rendez-vous with The Africa Report magazine and managing editor Nick Norbrook. On the table this February: Post-election horse trading in the DRC and Ethiopia's ethnic ripples.
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- A look at the 2020 race for the White House with Philip Crowther
- Runtime
- 12:08
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Washington correspondent Philip Crowther visits RFI’s studios to discuss the latest in US affairs. A look at the 2020 race for the White House, with the announcement by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders that he's running again for the Democratic nomination, President Donald Trump’s bid to use emergency funds to build a wall on the Mexico border, and upcoming events on the White House calendar, namely the Trump-Kim meeting in Hanoi.
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- The magical art of Sak Yant tattoo
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- More than 400 tattooists gathered at the World Tattoo Fair that took place from 15th to 17th February in the Grande Halle de La Villette near Paris. Among them, traditional Sak Yant tattooists who were invited to the convention to present their ancestral art.
Read more: http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190219-meeting-only-Sak-Yant-tattoo-artist-Europe-Paris-World-Tattoo-Fair
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- Soothsayers, healers, numerologists, magnetizers, a new world order on the way?
- Runtime
- 3:10
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The annual Salon de Parapsy in Paris gathers soothsayers, healers, numerologists, magnetizers, aura photographers and a group of shamans from Siberia. How do reps from the spiritual world help people cope with an increasingly unstable society. Jan van der Made was there for RFI English. Check out the story at http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190215-after-chaos-caused-trump-brexit-and-gilets-jaunes-clairvoyants-predict-new-order
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- Florence Porcel, a victim of the League of LOL speaks
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- France t is toughening its online abuse laws after an outcry over young media executives who ran a macho "boys' club" that hounded female colleagues.
Read more :
http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190216-france-tighten-online-bullying-laws-details-lol-league-emerge-0
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- Are horses sensitive to music
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Are horses sensitive to music? French musician and composer Jean-Luc Thomas talks to #worldmusicmatters about co-writing the score Ex Anima, equestrian show by #Bartabas. http://en.rfi.fr/…/20190215-jean-luc-thomas-flute-player-ho…
@jeanluct @RFI_English
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- Chinese taste wine in France
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Paris is holding a massive fair this week, showcasing one of France’s most famous products: wine. But the fame of French wine attracts investors from far, trying to copy France’s success, and some fear, take it away. How did French wine become such a hit that it already attracted over 160 Chinese investors to buy up Chateaux, and is it something the French wine makers should worry about? Check out the story :
http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190212-does-chinese-love-affair-french-wine-threaten-one-frances-symbols
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- Dagmara Bojenko at the You and Me Wedding Fair Paris 2019
- Runtime
- 12:05
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Dagmara Bojenko was born in Poland, brought up in Canada and now lives in Paris. Her personal experience of immigration has given her a unique perspective on tradition, language and family values. Her skill in catching the unexpected, unguarded moments have earned her the Expatriates Magazine 2018 wedding photographer award. Ollia Horton caught up with her.
http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190208-award-winning-polish-canadian-photographer-catches-unstaged-wedding-moments-flair
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- Year of the Pig in Paris
- Runtime
- 0:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- It's the year of the pig! Paris started Chinese New Year celerbrations on February 5 at Rue Royale. For more, check our story at http://en.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20190205-chinese-new-year-celebrations-pig-lunar-red-envelope
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- South Sudan editor flees after gag order
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Michael Christopher, the editor-in-chief of South Sudan’s Arabic newspaper Al Watan has fled the country after being warned about his coverage of protests in neighbouring Sudan. Nearly 40 journalists inside and outside Khartoum have been issued arrest warrants for ‘inciting violence’ and ‘spreading fake news’.
http://en.rfi.fr/africa/20190129-south-sudan-editor-flees-covering-Sudan-crisis-gag-order
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- World Music Matters Leyla McCalla
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- For her third album The Capitalist Blues, Haitian American singer and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla questions the race to get ahead, and sings for the people left behind. "It’s hard to call a revolution when you’ve got the blues," she says, "but change is needed".
Podcast it on : http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190126-leyla-mccallas-capitalist-blues
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- Red Scarves spokesman, Philippe Lhoste
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Red Scarves counter movement staged its first march in the streets of Paris, with more than 10,000 people turning out on Sunday 27 January to condemn the violence and disruption of the Yellow Vests. RFI caught up with Red Scarves spokesman, Philippe Lhoste.
Read More http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190127-red-scarves-denounce-yellow-vests-paris-republican-march-macron
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- Meet the Yellow Vests' co-founder, Priscillia Ludosky
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- When Priscillia Ludosky published an online petition calling for a fuel tax to be scrapped in November 2018, she had no idea it would morph into one of the biggest protest movements in France this century. RFI caught up with her during the eleventh weekend of protests.
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- Paris Live Guest Nick Norbrook
- Runtime
- 9:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Nick Norbrook, Managing editor of The Africa Report discusses the rise of China as a major investor in Africa, the challenges faced by Nigeria as it gears up for elections in February, and he outlines the spectacular rise of Morocco's mining company O-C-P, a cash cow for the kingdom which is looking to diversify its activities in the international market.
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- African design at Maison et Objet fair 2019, Paris.
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Two African exhibitors stand out in this year's Maison et Objet fair in Paris, where buyers come from around the world to select interior design and gift items for their shops: From Mopti, central Mali, Omar Cissé, the head of the Farafina Tigné, and Aziz Ndiaye, design director for ThoTmea furniture and design.
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- Paris-based Comedian Paul Taylor on Paris Live 22/01/2019
- Runtime
- 15:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to comedian Paul Taylor, who for the past few years has been trying to make sense of France's idiosyncracies for foreign ex-pats here in Paris through stand-up comedy and, among other things, his Canal+ produced-series "WTF France".
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- Gare St Lazare Players, Conor and Judy Lovett
- Runtime
- 18:19
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Gare St.Lazare Ireland is a theatre group with a repertoire of 17 titles by the Irish playwright and Paris resident for 52 years, Samuel Beckett. RFI's David Coffey speaks to the founding members and directors of the Gare St.Lazare Ireland theatre company... Conor & Judy Lovett, and asks why Beckett's works (finely peppered with the dark humour of the Dublin man himself) still hold their own in the frenetic, post-truth world of 2019?
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- Kavita Brahmbhatt - co-founder Action Emploi Réfugiés
- Runtime
- 11:43
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Most businesses don’t know that refugees have the right to work in their adoptive countries. Kavita Brahmbhatt is the co-founder of Action Emploi Réfugiés, an organisation that helps refugees find work in France. She came to our studios to share inspiring stories of refugees she has helped to find jobs.
