Mimi was born in Haiti and after studying in France, lived for many years in Latin America, Sri Lanka and North Africa. Firstly becoming involved in theatre, Mimi soon began to tell stories using the Haitian oral tradition, which is in Creole. In her fables she intertwines the two languages, French and Creole, to transmit her experiences and feelings. Since the end of the 1980s Mimi has been composing her own stories and telling them alongside traditional narratives, either on her own, or with musicians, in cultural centres, libraries, prisons and hospitals, She has also performed in numerous festivals in France, Haiti and elsewhere in the ‘francophonic’ world. Mimi presides over many judging panels for storytelling. In 2000 she herself received the prestigious ‘Chevalier de L’Ordre National du Merite’ and in 2001 received the ‘Officier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’. Mimi does not speak English and her performance in French and Creole would need mediating by a UK resident storyteller.
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