Laure Malécot was born on February 15, 1972 in Paris. While studying Cinema at the University of Paris 8 (from 1995 to 1998), she collaborated in the shooting of feature films and TV movies, in various positions, mainly as assistant director and decorator. After a time devoted to painting, in Senegal, she created and animated, from 2004 to 2012, “Résonance Africaine”, a weekly socio-cultural magazine of one hour, on the air of Aligre FM, a Parisian free radio. Since 2007, she lives in West Africa. Freelance journalist for various media, fiction writer, author and director, among others of documentaries including “Iya tundé”, about Germaine Acogny (choreographer and dancer). She is also a painter, and exhibits regularly.