Democrats Abroad France held an event titled "Voices for Obama" at the Nikki Diana Marquandt Gallery in Paris. One of the speakers was the American author Jake Lamar. This clip is a shortened version of his talk.
Host Andrea Sanke and her guests discuss the French fascination with US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and ask, could France ever have its own Obama?
As the poet and politician Aimé Césaire is laid to rest, what future lies ahead for his concept of "négritude"? Is it, as some suggest, at odds with French Republican values?
"Rendezvous Eighteenth : Our most recent self-guided literary walk was created in honor of African-American writer and Lyndhurst Prize winner Jake Lamar..."