Aïssa

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About me

Gender Female
Location France
Introduction Afropéenne, trentenaire, ce blog est ma modeste et égocentrique contribution à l'un des gestes les plus automatique et basique: se vêtir. Afropean, thrirtysomething, on this blog I share my modest and egocentric contribution to one of the most basic automatism, putting clothes on.
Interests train journeys, decluttering, blue, a sunny and undiscovered spot in the park, lavender, white walls, walking and wandering, Africa, wine, scalp massages, crusty and light croissants, Malick Sidibe, bookstores and libraries, batik, Le Canard Enchainé, tv shows, decorating, secluded beaches.
Favorite Movies Boyz'n the Hood, Green Zone, The Bourne trilogy, Fried Green Tomatoes, Elizabeth, Inception, The Town, Indiana Jones (not the 4th), Star Wars (not the prequel), Gladiator, Jungle Fever, The 6th Sense, Gattaca, Chihiro, Being John Malkovitch, Be Kind Rewind, Nobody knows, The Goonies, The Magnificent Ambersons, Matrix (first one), Princess Mononoké, Notting Hill, Time and tide, Strange Days, Un Homme Qui Crie, The Crying Game, Usual Suspects, Lost In Translation, Mission, Charade, Europa, 28 Days Later, The Shawshank redemption, Twelve Monkeys, The Others, Persepolis, The Departed, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, El secreto de sus ojos, X-Men: Fist Class, Africa Paradis, The King's Speech, Une Séparation, Un Pas en avant (les dessous de la corruption), The Dark Knight Rises, Cloud Atlas, Elle s'appelait Sarah, Le Passé, Ilo Ilo, ...
Favorite Music Massive Attack, Nirvana, Harry Belafonte, U2, Zero 7, David Bowie, Minnie Ripperton, Morcheeba, Tears for Fears, Salif Keita, Tricky, Finley Quaye, The Roots, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Depeche Mode, Neneh Cherry, Sade, Corinne Bailey Rae, Nina Simone, Portishead, Youssou N'Dour, Laurent Voulzy, Bryan Ferry, The Cure, Maxwell, Astrud Gilberto, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Erykah Badu, Fink, Björk, Prince, Craig Armstrong, Bonobo, Toro y Moi, Emiliana Torini...
Favorite Books A Mercy and Beloved and The Bluest Eye - Toni Morisson, On Beauty - Zadie Smith, 100 years of Solitude - GG Marquez, Trois Femmes Puissantes- Marie N'Diaye, Dreams of My Father - Barack Obama, The Joke and The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights - Brontë, Jane Eyre- Charlotte Brontë, The Color Purple - Alice Walker, The Woman In White - Wilkie Collins, Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natal - Aimé Césaire, The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde, Le Mandat - Sembene Ousmane, The Human Stain - Philip Roth, The Hunger Games trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Voyage au Bout de la Nuit - Céline, The Pursuit of Happiness - Douglas Kennedy, Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury, The Joy Luck Club -Amy Tan, Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston, The Cider House Rules - John Irving, The Name of the Rose - Umberto Ecco, The Secret History - Donna Tartt, The Pillars of the earth - Ken Follet, The House of Spirits - Isabel Allende, Outlander -Diana Gabaldon, Le Cavalier Suédois -Leo Perutz, Raphaël Confiant - Le Meutre du Samedi-Gloria, Ravines du Devant-Jour, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt