Episode 23

In this episode, we talk to Marylou Mahe who is the designer behind the MWT Facebook cover and the COMING TO THE MAT podcast. Ms. Mahe is an indigenous Kanak woman from Houaïlou in the Kanak country of Ajë-Arhö in New Caledonia. She considers herself a decolonial feminist designer, and an Educator of English literature who's passion is to show representation of the Kanak and Pacific Island women in her designs.

In her discussion with us, she spoke of "double colonization" which refers to the idea that women are not only discriminated against because of their race, but also by men because of their gender.

Music: Carmen Marcias is an indigenous Kanak Woman Song writer, singer, poet and teacher of English literature. Ms. Marcias is also Marylou Mahe's mother who inspired her to pursue her passion as an English language educator, but to also embrace her talents as an artist and to be a strong independent woman.