Franswa Sintomer, lo maronèr
Subtitle: les combats d'un militant culturel réunionnais
By: Gilles Gérard ; préface de Mark, Nadia et Sharl Saint-Omer
Publisher: L'Harmattan
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9782343132921
Subjects: Community activists; Biography; Creoles; Group identity; History
Description: This book tells the story of a Reunion cultural activist, anticolonialist and anti-racist, during the particular era that begins with the departmentalization of the former colony of Reunion in 1946. Franswa Sintomer was a "marooner", a rebel, defender of Creole identity. A tireless promoter of the Reunionese language and culture, he has invested all the cultural fields allowing him to make his claims heard.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.