Voukoum. Esprits rebelles du carnaval guadeloupéen

Published on 17 April 2025 in the "Ethnologie de la France et des mondes contemporains" collection, this "Livres en dialogue"’ session will bring together author Flore Pavy and journalist Claudy Siar.

Following the discussion, you will have the opportunity to put your questions to our guests.

Flore Pavy is a member of the Social Anthropology Laboratory at EHESS. Following extensive fieldwork in the West Indies, she was awarded the 2023 Thesis Prize by the Foundation for the Memory of Slavery for her research on Guadeloupe’s gwoup-a-po, supervised by Philippe Descola and Laurent Berger. Her work explores the social issues surrounding new rituals in the Caribbean. In the course of her research, she learned Creole, integrated into Guadeloupean society, and developed a participatory approach to ethnography.

Claudy Siar is a French entrepreneur, singer, journalist, and radio and television presenter. He produces Couleurs tropicales on RFI, is the founder and co-owner of Tropiques FM radio, and is also the presenter-producer of Africastar and The Claudy Show (RTT Productions). He presents The Voice Afrique francophone, broadcast on Voxafrica. A former interministerial delegate for equal opportunities for French overseas citizens (29 March 2011 – 27 July 2012), he also serves as Vice-President of CREFOM (Representative Council of French Overseas Citizens).