Letter to Adama book by Assa Traoré and Elsa Vigoureux
Letter to Adama book by Assa Traoré and Elsa Vigoureux
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Assa Traoré's life changed dramatically on July 19, 2016, a scorching evening when her younger brother Adama was pronounced dead in the courtyard of the Persan gendarmerie. Hands cuffed behind his back, face down, asphyxiated. That day, he was supposed to celebrate his 24th birthday.
Beyond the infinite pain, the violence of such a tragedy inevitably exhausts all energy, confiscates smiles and strength from those who remain. For Assa Traoré and her family, it was the opposite. The horror lifted them up. Carried by the support of the inhabitants of Beaumont-sur-Oise, the Traorés transformed pain into combat. With the support of the "committee for Adama", Assa became a warrior.
In her “Letter to Adama”, Assa Traoré recounts an unprecedented citizen struggle against police violence, the legal and media battle that had to be waged to deconstruct the lies and remain the custodian of Adama’s story. She denounces the behavior and role of the police in the face of marginalized and stigmatized youth, thus highlighting the determinism that her family did not escape. Finally, she revives the memory of a young man whose first name is now imposed everywhere in France, like the banner of two demands: “Truth and justice”.
Assa Traoré is 31 years old. Before Adama's death, she was a special needs teacher. Today she devotes herself entirely to her brother's cause.
Reporter at L'Obs since 2001, Elsa Vigoureux is interested in the themes of working-class neighborhoods. Journalist, specialized in justice, she has covered many criminal cases including that of the Barbares gang which she will deal with more extensively in a noted document published by Flammarion in 2010.
Beyond the infinite pain, the violence of such a tragedy inevitably exhausts all energy, confiscates smiles and strength from those who remain. For Assa Traoré and her family, it was the opposite. The horror lifted them up. Carried by the support of the inhabitants of Beaumont-sur-Oise, the Traorés transformed pain into combat. With the support of the "committee for Adama", Assa became a warrior.
In her “Letter to Adama”, Assa Traoré recounts an unprecedented citizen struggle against police violence, the legal and media battle that had to be waged to deconstruct the lies and remain the custodian of Adama’s story. She denounces the behavior and role of the police in the face of marginalized and stigmatized youth, thus highlighting the determinism that her family did not escape. Finally, she revives the memory of a young man whose first name is now imposed everywhere in France, like the banner of two demands: “Truth and justice”.
Assa Traoré is 31 years old. Before Adama's death, she was a special needs teacher. Today she devotes herself entirely to her brother's cause.
Reporter at L'Obs since 2001, Elsa Vigoureux is interested in the themes of working-class neighborhoods. Journalist, specialized in justice, she has covered many criminal cases including that of the Barbares gang which she will deal with more extensively in a noted document published by Flammarion in 2010.
