The French Experience 2 - Identity

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Origins
Interviews with French speakers in Guadeloupe who talk about their origins and about where they have lived.
My country
The people interviewed in three Francophone areas talk about their sense of national identity.
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is a multicultural and multi-ethnic society. This clip takes a look at a society which is described as "Une mosaïque où les couleurs se mélangent".
Slavery
Joseph is the curator of a very special museum near Dakar in Senegal. The clip takes a look at Joseph at work in the museum. There's a brief overview of the slave trade as it affected Senegal.

Key Language for Talking about your family origins

Français
English
libanais
Lebanese
la grand-mère
grandmother
le grand-père
grandfather
une arrière grand-mère
great grandmother
ici
here
J'ai
I've got
descendre des Chinois
to be of Chinese descent
descendre des Africains
to be of African descent
Est-ce que vous connaissez l'origine de votre famille ?
Do you know the origin of your family?
Mon père est d'origine africaine
My father is of African origin
une grand-mère qui est indienne
an Indian grandmother (lit. a grandmother who is Indian)
un grand-père qui descendait des Chinois
a grandfather of Chinese descent
Où vos parents sont-ils nés ?
Where were your parents born?
Ma mère est née en Guadeloupe
My mother was born in Guadeloupe
Mon père est né en France
My father was born in France
Mon arrière grand-mère était esclave
My great grandmother was a slave

Key Language for Saying where you've lived

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