Migr’histoires Season 2

A podcast produced for the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Souadou Niang, podcast « Migr’histoires »

Jahelle Bonee, podcast « Migr’histoires »

Paule-Marie Assandre, podcast « Migr’histoires »

What if migration
were told differently?

In this second season of Migr’histoires, I gave the floor to five committed women whose journeys reflect the richness and complexity of migration paths in West Africa and beyond.
Between roots, departure, return and transformation, they share what drives them, what moves them and what brings them back.
The podcast combines sensitive storytelling, powerful testimonies and an immersive soundtrack. Each episode weaves a link between the personal and the collective, between the memory of departures and hopes for the future, exploring migration as a multiple movement: geographical, inner and cultural.

My role

• Editorial concept & hosting
• Conducting the interviews and writing the scripts
• Art direction with Jaymdel Beatz
(music, editing and composition)
• Photography and art direction of the portraits

SOUADOU NIANG, ENTREPRENEUR

Today at the head of a luxury establishment in Dakar, Senegal, Souadou Niang’s journey started quite differently.
Building or rebuilding your life in another country is a dream for many, but what is it really like? How do you fit into a country that is not your own, and how do you respond when your roots start calling you back?
For Migr’histoires, Souadou Niang looks back on her first years in the United States and on her decision to return to Senegal, her home country.

SISTER LB, RAPPER

A Senegalese artist born in Thiaroye-sur-Mer, Senegal, Selbe Diouf, better known as Sister LB, raps out loud what her heart thinks quietly.
A self-proclaimed feminist activist, Selbe fights to carry the voices of all the women who go unheard.
Today, through her music, she wants to reach the youngest, the voices of tomorrow.

JAHELLE BONEE, SINGER

From Afro-soul to jazz and hip-hop, Jahelle’s musical inspirations come from here and elsewhere. That elsewhere which calls her from time to time, awakening the urge to drop everything and escape to the land of her favorite artists. But for now, Jahelle prefers to focus on her career in Côte d’Ivoire and stay close to her people before going further.
Because this country is hers. The one where she was born, the one that watched her grow up, and the one that may one day see her leave.
But in the end, what does leaving really mean?

PAULE-MARIE ASSANDRE,
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COACH

From resilience to emancipation, Paule-Marie draws on her own experience to pass on light to the women she supports every day through “Body Acceptance”, her personal development program for women only.
Through sessions built around dance, music and words, Paule-Marie helps women from all walks of life let go of what no longer belongs to them. An anthem driven by sisterhood and self-acceptance.

MARIEMA DIAMANKA A.K.A THIAT
GRAFFITI ARTIST

In Wolof, one of the main languages of Senegal, Thiat means the smallest, the youngest. That is the name Mariema Diamanka’s Fine Arts teacher gave her, when she had no idea the nickname would stay with her for so long.
Through the people she met, Thiat fell in love with an art she did not yet know: graffiti!
Poets, musicians or singers, the griots of Africa were once known for singing the praises of free men. Today, her eyes full of hope, Thiat sees herself as a modern-day griotte.

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