Françoise Vergès (born 23 January 1952) is a French political scientist, historian, film producer, independent curator, activist and public educator. Her work focuses on postcolonial studies and decolonial feminism. Vergès was born in Paris, grew up in Réunion and Algeria, before returning to Paris to study and become a journalist. She moved to the US in 1983, studying at the University of California, San Diego and Berkeley.

2019

A Decolonial Perspective
2019

Decolonizing the Museum
2023

2021

2025

Questions sur l'esclavage
2006

Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism
2024

Colonial Family Romance and Métissage
1999

2005

Race, Capital, Feminism
2019