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First-person accounts of slaves, ship owners, traders and colonists recounting the struggle to end the Atlantic slave trade. Drawing on the logbooks, letters and diaries of the victims and witnesses to one of history’s most brutal eras, depicted through dramatic recreations, bolstered by authentic drawings and period documents, featuring insight from historical experts around the world.
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The Bumidom (Office for DOM Migration, Bureau des migrations des départements d'Outre-mer) was founded in 1963 by Michel Debré, following a state visit in Réunion with General Charles de Gaulle. Millions of people were sent to Paris and to the French back-country, a one-way trip which, according to Aimé Césaire, was close to deportation. The living conditions in the mainland were far different from what had been promised beforehand. Jackie Bastide gives a voice to those who have lived through the Bumidom and had to suffer from a migration that was meant to be the road to a better life.
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The survivor of a concentration camp finds out that her lover, a lesbian, is having an affair with a protegee.
