Since my return from Nepal (report to be published in Le Monde diplomatique), I have been fully dedicated to my project concerning the Indochinese Workers in Dordogne, which extends the work I have been doing for almost twenty years on the Indochinese Workers forcibly recruited in 1939 to serve in the armaments factories of mainland France. Regarding Algeria, I am somewhat blocked since the Algerian authorities continue to deny me a visa. Otherwise, I am still continuing my talks in middle and high schools throughout France. And sometimes prisons. To follow my news, click here.
Indochinese Workers in Dordogne
Between 1940 and 1948, some 3,000 Vietnamese people passed through the Bergerac powder mill, in Dordogne.
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Indochinese Workers in France
In 1939, the French government recruited 20,000 Vietnamese peasants to send them to the armaments factories in mainland France.
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Pieds-noirs in Algeria
What was the real fate of the Pieds-noirs in Algeria after Independence? 200,000 of them decided to stay in their country.
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Harkis in Algeria
It is generally thought that in 1962, the harkis either managed to flee to France or were massacred. This idea is false.
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Le Monde diplomatique
As a field reporter, I travel to different parts of the world, trying to understand people's lives, their joys, and their sufferings.
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Talks in high schools and middle schools
For the past ten years, I have been giving talks in middle and high schools, either as a journalist or as a historian.
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