Fania Noël, or Fania Noël-Thomassaint, is a Franco-Haitian author and an activist for
Afro-feminist
Black feminism is a philosophy that centers on the idea that "Black women are inherently valuable, that lack women'sliberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's but because our need as human persons for autonomy."
Race, gen ...
causes.
Career
Noël was born in Haiti, and she grew up in
Cergy
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, France.
Noël studied at the
Sorbonne
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* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
*one of its components or linked institution, ...
, obtaining a master's degree in political science there.
Noël was a co-founder of the publication ''AssiégéEs'', which she became publication director of in 2015.
Noël authored the book ''Afro-communautaire : Appartenir à nous-mêmes'' as well as the edited collection ''Afrofem'', both released with the publisher ''Éditions Syllepse'' (
Fr).
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,
[ before disavowing these institutional affiliations and joining the activist collective ''Mwasi'' (which means "girl" or "woman" in ]Lingala
Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree in ...
). Noël was also a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police br ...
movement in France.
References
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Living people
Haitian human rights activists
Women human rights activists
Haitian women activists
21st-century French writers
21st-century French women writers
21st-century Haitian writers
Year of birth missing (living people)