The podcast about music, cultures, and communities of the French West Indies and French Guiana in mainland France
Welcome to PARIS TEMPO FWI, the podcast dedicated to music from the French West Indies and French Guiana in mainland France!
FWI stands for French West Indies, or in French, les Antilles françaises, or even for the play on words between “free” and the fruit we love to eat that awakens our taste buds!
Here we talk about the rhythms that developed in mainland France, the Antillean-Guyanese artists in France who left their mark on their era, and the communities that imported and adapted their cultures of origin to their environment in order to continue expressing themselves and creating, against all odds!
Why a podcast specifically about Caribbean music in France?
Just to remind you, communities from the French West Indies and French Guiana have been settling in mainland France since the 18th century, following various waves of immigration linked to slavery, the education of the elites, the Bumidom, etc.
These communities continued to practice their cultural customs in their own ways and according to the conditions of adaptation.
Paris even set the tone in music until the 1960s, being the birthplace of the creation, trends, and success of certain types of music from the French West Indies and French Guiana.
PARIS TEMPO FWI is the first podcast from a duo, with the second, specifically dedicated to the French West Indies and French Guiana, set to launch very soon.
Behind the microphone
My name is Kaza, I am from Martinique, born and raised there, and now living in the Paris region. I am passionate about and steeped in Caribbean history and culture, in its broadest sense and all its diversity, from the Caribbean islands to the Caribbean mainland (Central and South America) and the Caribbean diaspora.
Open to the world, which I have traveled extensively, including the Caribbean, I have always favored sharing cultures, peoples, languages, and knowledge, equally and without prejudice.
Through this podcast, I give a voice to those who are not often heard, and whom we tend to think have nothing to offer, or who are nothing more than clichés. I do this through music culture, specifically that of the French-speaking Caribbean, and more precisely, the French Caribbean and/or Caribbean France.
Whether we like it or not, these stories are part of France’s musical and cultural heritage.