Laura Nsafou, also known as Mrs Roots, is an afro feminist blogger and author. She reviews books from afro literature and writes articles about afrofeminism in France. Her different projects challenge antiblackness and seek a fair representation of black women in French culture. Founder of the Afrolab workshop, Laura is also the author of the eleven-times reprinted picture book Comme un million de papillons noirs (Like A Million Black Butterflies) published at Editions Cambourakis, as well as A mains nues (Editions Synapse), Le chemin de Jada (Jada’s Journey, Cambourakis), Fadya et le chant de la rivière (Lunii and Fadya and the Song of the River, Tate Publishing in the UK), La demeure du ciel (Cambourakis), Nos jours brûlés and book 2 in the series, Les Flammes ivoire (Albin Michel Jeunesse), as well as the graphic novel Amours croisées (Marabulles).

The book in focus


La Demeure du ciel

PROGRAM

  • 25 February to 5 March: New Delhi World Book Fair

  • 1 March, Jaipur: Workshop on gender race and identity at The Palace School

  • 1 March, Jaipur: Night of Ideas: Debates with Annie Ernaux, Camiile Laurens, and Shubhangi Swarup at Krishna Niwas

  • 4 March, Delhi: Readings at Kunzum Bookstore, GK2

Book


La Demeure du ciel

When
25 Feb – 4 Mar, 2023

Where
New Delhi & Jaipur