Fania Noël, or Fania Noël-Thomassaint, is a Franco-Haitian author and an activist for Afro-feminist causes.

Career

Noël was born in Haiti, and she grew up in

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, France. Noël studied at the Sorbonne, obtaining a master's degree in political science there. Noël was a co-founder of the publication ''AssiégéEs'', which she became publication director of in 2015. Noël authored the book ''Afro-communautaire : Appartenir à nous-mêmes'' as well as the edited collection ''Afrofem'', both released with the publisher ''Éditions Syllepse'' ( Fr). In addition to writing and editing, Noël has also engaged in political and social activist work. Originally an activist with the

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, she then moved to the Left Front, before disavowing these institutional affiliations and joining the activist collective ''Mwasi'' (which means "girl" or "woman" in

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). Noël was also a co-founder of the

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movement in France.

References

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