A cultural stroll through the French Caribbean island of Martinique

Culture To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Valérie John and E.sy Kennenga © FRANCE 24 15:26 Issued on: 17/04/2026 - 15:32 15:26 min From the show Reading time 1 min This week we're taking our cameras over 6,000 km from Paris, to the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Visual artist Valérie John opens the doors of her "studio-artwork" in La Trinité, where indigo lies at the heart of everything she does. Far more than just a colour, it's a way of connecting with memory, identity and cultural heritage. "My work is a factory for producing creolisation," she tells us. We also sit down with musician E.sy Kennenga, the "solda lanmou", a man on a mission to make love a form of resistance in an uncertain world. "Martinique is a land of brave people," he says. And our pick of the week takes us to the Fondation Clément, where the exhibition "Painting in Martinique" offers a fresh perspective on the island's art history. Curator Christelle Lozère brings together around a hundred works to explore what it meant to make art in Martinique under colonial rule. Special thanks to: Martinique tourist office Fondation Clément Hôtel Bakoua By: Valérie FAYOLLE Pauline HEILMANN Related keywords