“Mixed race, I was torn from my mother” (Swiss Press Text 2025, by Valerie Von Graffenried) - Swiss Press Award

Le Temps

Valerie Von Graffenried

During the Belgian colonial period, thousands of mixed-race people were separated from their African mothers, a story that remains largely unknown. Since 2018, a research project has been reopening the page on this segregation and giving victims and their descendants access to archives to reconnect with their history. Testimony of François d'Adesky, 78 years old