"During 5th December, When sinterklaas takes place I think twice, like... about wearing red lipstick because I know people will look at me and think about or even tell me I look like black pete. It just has to stop, it really has to stop." - Stephanie

"We always compare ourelves with the US and say "Oh they're worse than us" But are they really worse? We don't event talk about our injusticies" - Abdirashid

"White French people love to do that shit. Bring both people against each other." - Anne

"Instead of two confused people who don't know how to speak to each other. You have two people who are on the same page, on the same wavelength, and are ready to fuck shit up." - Kareem

"They don't want to have so many pictures of African soldiers liberating Paris. Like, black soldiers walking the champs-élysees and saving France. That would be a little bit too much so there is a theory saying that progressively the troops were getting whiter and whiter as they were approaching Paris" - Kévi

"By denying history they can push this narrative of: "Immigrants! Why would their parents come here?" Our parents would come here because you fucked up our countries, you exploited our resources" - Fanta

"We recieve a lot of microagressions and I think it makes you a little more defensive and competitive" - Gaëlle & Christelle

"Don't come at me with your boxes because I'm prone to burn them down. Put you in it and set it alight. I define my blackness and that's the end of it." - Kevin

“I first came across Emeke’s work by way of a short video series called “Strolling”... I haven’t been able to stop watching since.”

— The New York Times

“The episodes are fantastic, brutally honest and Ms. Emeke intends to keep making them”

— Shadow & Act, Indiewire

“Cecile Emeke personifies the next generation of creatives... She is producing visually stunning short documentaries about life and identity at a time when TV seems to have lost its edge. ”

— Afropean

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