Célia Potiron, born in 1986, is an author from Martinique based in Paris.

Her work explores orality, writing, research and archiving as a means of reappropriating her Caribbean heritage in a postcolonial context. Passionate about literature, music and Caribbean cultures, particularly those of Martinique, Célia has spent the last eight years creating audio cultural objects, and now focuses on writing.

She grew up steeped in the influence of Radio APAL, a pro-independence, anti-colonialist station in Fort-de-France, founded in 1981. This radio station, megaphone of the struggle for the emancipation of the people of Martinique, profoundly influenced her approach to socio-political and identity issues. In 2017, she launched the MounWoke podcast, focusing on themes such as hair politics, colorism, gender and sexual identity in Martinique. From 2017 to 2020, she co-hosted Piment, a popular show broadcast on Radio Nova and Rinse FM, which focused on cultural and social issues related to black communities in France.

Célia is also co-author of Le Dérangeur : petit lexique en voie de décolonisation (Hors d'Atteinte, 2020), an essay-lexicon that extends the work of the eponymous radio program through literature, with a tone both humorous and incisive. The book was ranked among the best sellers in French Guiana in 2021.

Célia Potiron's writings have been published in magazines such as Air Afrique (2023) and Le 1 Hebdo (2022). Her work has been shown in cultural institutions such as Palais de Tokyo, Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne and the Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Lorraine.

Say hello : celia.potiron@gmail.com