Toxic Tropics
Jessica Oubli - Paperback
£17.99
Jessica Oublié studied art history and was the editor of the magazine Africultures. She worked with artist Marie-Ange Rousseau to create a graphic novel on institutionalized West Indian emigration from the 1920s to the 1960s, which won the France Culture Student Prize for Political Comics. After settling in Guadeloupe, she discovered the impact of chlordecone on the health of the people, the land, and the water, and is working to bring it to the attention of the world. Follow the author on Instagram @jessicaoublie.bd Nicola Gobbi has created several graphic novels and children’s books in Italy, and then she moved to Paris, where she lives now and continues to make books. Follow the artist on Instagram @nicola_gobbi