Every year, many Creole communities around the world celebrate their Kréyolité (Creoleness) during October, which is recognized as International Creole Heritage Month. Louisiana, possessed of its own Creole community, also marks this occasion. 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).