Valerie Chane Tef
Valerie Chane Tef, pianist, singer, and composer from Réunion Island, blends jazz and Creole influences into AKODA’s vibrant, story-rich sound.
Lecomte de Bregeot
Lecomte de Brégeot is a French electronic music artist blending 1980s new wave elegance with contemporary electro, earning acclaim from both the music and fashion worlds.
Elisa Brolli
Brö is a French experimental pop and hip-hop artist whose witty, provocative lyrics and genre-blending style have earned her international acclaim.
Gilles Charles-Messance
Gilles Charles-Messance is a veteran circus artist whose inventive trapeze acts and playful performances have captivated audiences worldwide.
Barbara Matijević
Barbara Matijević is a Paris-based theatre artist whose work blends dance, theatre, and digital culture, with performances presented in over 30 countries worldwide.
Johary Ravaloson
Born in Antananarivo, Johary studied law at the Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and got his PhD at the University of Reunion in 2002.
David Foenkinos
David Foenkinos is a renowned French novelist, screenwriter, and director, widely recognized for his insightful and often humorous explorations of human relationships
Fred Nevché
Fred Nevché is a French singer, poet, and musician known for his albums and collaborations with various performing arts, including dance, theater, circus, and performance.
Alfred – Lionel Papagalli
Born in 1976, ALFRED came into the world with a singular passion: telling stories through drawings. Entirely self-taught, he began publishing with Éditions Delcourt in 1997.
Julie Stephen Chheng
Julie Stephen Chheng is a Paris-based designer. A graduate from the “Arts décoratifs of Paris” school, she is engaged in projects in the field of publishing and visual arts.
Timothée de Fombelle
Timothée de Fombelle was born in the heart of Paris in 1973 but often accompanied his architect father on travels to Africa.
Pierre Singaravélou
Pierre Singaravélou is a French global historian and a former British Academy Global Professor of History at King's College London.
Chowra Makaremi
Chowra Makaremi is an anthropologist and tenured researcher at the CNRS, where she received the CNRS Bronze Medal in 2021.
Ira Mukhoty
Ira Mukhoty is an Indian author. Her book Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History (2017, Aleph Books) tells the tales of mythical heroines including Draupadi and Radha.
Philippe Claudel
Considered one of the best contemporary French authors, Philippe Claudel is a teacher, writer, screenwriter, and director.
Esther Duflo
Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT's Economics Department, is also a co-founder of J-PAL.
Cheyenne Olivier
Cheyenne Olivier is a French illustrator. Notably, she collaborated with Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo.
Pradeep Gupta
Pradeep Gupta is a dancer and choreographer from Chhattisgarh, India.
Parth Bharadwaj
Parth Bharadwaj has been a professional contemporary dancer since 2008.
Michel Bussi
Michel Bussi used to be a geography Professor at the University of Rouen, now he is a full-time writer.
Gaya Wisniewski
Among a family of artists, Gaya Wisniewski was “born in pencils and papers”. She studied illustration at Saint-Luc Institute in Brussels and became a drawing teacher.
Corinne Morel Darleux
Her themes include politics and fiction, environmental and social issues, and the questioning of the modern notions of progress, competition and success.
Clarence Boulay
Clarence Boulay is a visual artist, set designer, and avid traveler of islands.