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A special volume celebrating Kréyolité (Creoleness)

In this volume of the revue Feux Follets, we wish to dive into literature and visual art featuring Kréyolité and all that goes with it: Kréyolitid (Creolitude), identity, culture, spirit and mind, environment, art, music, perspectives, experiences, connections and disconnections, food, traditions, folklore, etc. And if we happen to find ourselves in a land full of fifolé—mysterious floating lights, some say balls of blue fire, elusive denizens of Louisiana’s cypress swamps and marshes—even better.

The revue Feux Follets also invites visual artists from all Creole communities around the world to submit an image (one image per artist) that we will consider for use as this volume’s cover art. With your submission, please send your short biography (a maximum of 100 words) written in the third person in your own Creole language, alongside a French translation of your text (or you may send a French-only version).

You're not Creole if you don’t our languages

Whenever we spoke about Kouri-Vini, or simply "Creole" if you asked my people in Natchitoches, many people outside the community would dismiss it as "broken French" or "gibberish." Even more surprising, sometimes people who themselves identified as Creole would say the same thing. Many people had been taught to view our heritage as old-fashioned, incorrect, rural, embarrassing, or no longer valuable.

Jelly Roll Morton: A Short Film

For many Jazz admirers, Jelly Roll Morton (Joseph Ferdinand Lamothe) is not a name that they cannot recognize, but it is his story that often falls into the shadow. A story, documentary filmmaker and photographer, Elory “EJ” Johson committed to telling.