Black Man on the Titanic

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Serge Bile. Black Man on the Titanic

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Also by Serge Bilé

La légende du sexe surdimensionné des Noirs

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“My mother, my sister and I were saved. My father was not allowed to get on a lifeboat. He did not survive.” Behind her round-rimmed glasses, Louise is emotional. The ceremony on the Cherbourg dock is ending; she had not set foot on the premises since the tragedy.

She describes her father as a hero. Out of everything they told her when she was old enough to understand, this word is the only one that brings the hint of a smile on Louise’s face. Her father, a hero! Her mother described the final scene to her so well that she knows each detail by heart.

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