Claude Ribbe

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Claude Ribbe on 28 April 2007 during the Marche contre les discriminations envers les Français d'Outre-Mer, in Paris, France.

Claude Ribbe (born 13 October 1954) is a French writer, activist and filmmaker.

Early life and education

Ribbe was born in Paris and is alumnus of the

Ecole normale superieure
.

Career

Ribbe has specialised in the history of colonialism in the Caribbean. He has also been active in promoting civil rights in France for people of ethnic African and Caribbean origin.

Through his books and films, he has supported the recognition of figures such as

Chevalier de Saint-George, and Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
, who was the first black man to be promoted to general in the French Army in 1793.

In his book

holocaust
nearly 140 years later.

Books

Films

  • Le Diable Noir (2009)[1]
  • The Legendary Chevalier de Saint-George (2011)[2]
  • Eugene Bullard (2013)[3]

References

  1. ^ "ORTHEAL The Black Devil".
  2. ^ "IMDB The Legendary Chevalier de Saint-George".
  3. ^ "ORTHEAL Eugene Bullard".