Goodbye France, the podcast that tells the story of these children of immigrants who left France

“France, either love it or leave it!” » This slogan was first chanted in 1982 by the National Front, and it reappears very regularly in French political life. What happens to those who actually leave it? Those who, like the friend, are French and who decided to live in the country of their parents, in Morocco for him.
with Goodbye France, podcast in 8 episodes, David ComillaIt immerses us in the adventure of those who were born in France but decided to try their luck in Casablanca, Dakar, Istanbul or Lisbon. There are four of them bearing witness in front of his microphone. They are teachers, music producers, researchers or entrepreneurs, and they are all making this strange journey, reversing the migration of their parents.

After 30 years, Al-Siddiq moved to Casablanca, where he became a journalist and teacher. What does he teach down? History and geography of the country he left, France. An irony that did not escape him, and he explains it with a wave of laughter. The opportunity for him to explore the reasons for his departure. The final straw for a 24-year-old Frenchman, born and raised near Bordeaux, who, despite his best efforts, still does not feel accepted in a country that is nonetheless his own.

In Morocco, new horizons will open for Siddiq, who will become a journalist and cover the events of the Arab Spring on the radio. But he doesn’t make this perfect journey in the other direction, and his testimony highlights the permanent gap in which he lives. He moves to France, his country, which still considers him the son of immigrants. He broke from his parents’ generation who came to France with the idea of ​​returning to the country later. Contact with Morocco is lost when he arrives in Casablanca and discovers a country that is no longer the country his parents told him about. Outside of the Moroccans who do not understand why a French person immigrated to Casablanca…

Do you love France but will you leave it? And like the friend, there are a certain number of them who have twisted the slogan quite well. They love France, they left, they might come back, and it’s great to hear.