R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Jun. 2015 | Page 33

black slaves and their white master. Is that where we get the title?
J : Roughly yes, the title BLACK &
WHITE is itself rather abstract and
takes many things in history, relationships of colours of the time, the
ups and downs of the characters,
etc...
A : You tell a story without putting
names on the actors. Why? Is it a
way to generalize the story to tell it
as the story of “everyman”?
J : These are stories that you want
without texts. It’s then left to the
readers to give the names of the
characters. I must confess that I really enjoy it, I feel like I interact with
them.

“When your job consists of doing what you like the most, the
lines between leisure and work become blurry”

A : Finally, what advice would you
give to young people who, like you,
have a passion for illustration, so
they have a happy ending like in
your BLACK & WHITE illustration?
J : When you love something that is
good, then there is every good reason to hang on it. That was my case
for drawing and I hope it will be the
same for you who share this passion
too.

Interview : Ayayi Senam D’Almeida
Translation : Marie Agathe Ndiaye
Layout : Blacky Gyan