New Caledonia: "The idea of ​​building a new country is making progress"

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Kanak separatists celebrate their good score in the self-determination referendum of October 4, 2020, in Nouméa.

Theo Rouby / AFP

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

6 min

New Caledonia chose this Sunday, once again, to remain in the French fold despite an increase in the vote for independence, during a second self-determination referendum marked by an unprecedented mobilization.

To draw the first conclusions from this new consultation, our guest is Alban Bensa, anthropologist, director of studies at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and specialist in New Caledonia.

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Alban Bensa is the co-author of

Les Sanglots de l'Aigle pêcheur.

New Caledonia

: the Kanak War of 1917

, published by Anarcharsis. 

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