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Cindy comes from a family of four children including herself. Cindy is the eldest, but she didn’t need that status to set an example. “Being the oldest was never a burden, just a motivation”. Her father is Togolese and her mother is French.

Nothing extraordinary, you may say. Yes, except that people from a mixed culture often have to make the effort to determine themselves. They can choose to be closer to one or the other of their roots, or they can choose to be enriched by both roots and forge their own identity. It’s often quite unconscious. Cindy, for her part, cares about her background and is very clear about her position: “I define myself neither as ‘black’ as French society would like me to be, nor as white, as I am called in the streets of Lomé”.

She is Cindy, with parents who were always supportive of her wishes for accomplishment.