Not so long ago, Angélique or Blacky Gyan landed in Quebec with suitcases full of clothes ‘’made in Dakar’’, diplomas and work experiences in finance that she acquired in France and Senegal. Aware of all the opportunities ahead of her, thirty-year-old Angélique has not stopped getting conversations started about her ‘’countless projects’’. With a strong entrepreneurial instinct given to her by her parents, she became a serial social entrepreneur that can proudly hold the title of model, cofounder of the concept-store Cheliel, founder of R Magazine, one of the TravelEaters behind LekkTukki, cooking addict, amateur fashion designer, etc. Immersed in Montreal’s flourishing world of art, culture and entrepreneurship, the epicurean African woman that Angélique is finds herself very involved in ‘’her communities’’.

Originally from Montpellier, a city in the South of France, she has been living in Montreal (Canada) since 2013. Always eager to travel and experience new things, she is filled by her persisting dreams and life-long challenges.
After finishing her studies in communication, she created her own website where we can find her favorite art findings.
Having developed a taste for writing in the last ten years, she has seamlessly joined the magazine’s team since its second release. Very fond of numeric and graphic communication, she takes part in the promotion of R Magazine by running social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Being a very versatile person, she also participates in the magazine’s layout with other graphic designers.

As a former student at the University of Strasbourg, Adrien studied French literature and completed a bachelor’s degree in modern literature in 2016 as well as a master’s degree in French literature and comparative literature. He made this studies choice driven by the will to reach a perfect command of French. As part of his literature studies, he wrote a thesis on the imaginary in the works of Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe.

Maagnyeta is a Cameroonian who has already been living in France for a few years. She has frequently volunteered. However, it is the first time she has volunteered at a medium like R Magazine whose values she shares. She has a great interest in cultures, history, and human civilizations. She loves reading and is a big fan of stylism and DIY.

As a young French expat in Senegal since 2018, she could describe herself as a lover of art objects. She is a trained auction clerk. After she completed law studies, she started her career with a notarial profession. She discovered what was her passion thanks to the estates she managed with the auctioneers. She left everything to complete a bachelor’s degree in Art History and to become a clerk. However, her husband had to go to Africa, and she decided to move too and follow him! Since there was no auction system in Dakar, she changed her career. She first opened a contemporary art gallery, then she turned to communication. Today, she combines her work and her passion and communicates mainly for Galleries and Cultural Institutions.

Enola, just the first name sounds creative. From a young age, she has had an overflowing imagination and thirst for creation.
She is interested in writing, psychology, theater, cinema, costume, photography and more.
She dreams of living from her passions and sharing them with the world. Nothing better to leave a mark than writing. She is not afraid to fight for her ideas and her values.

Not so long ago, Angélique or Blacky Gyan landed in Quebec with suitcases full of clothes ‘’made in Dakar’’, diplomas and work experiences in finance that she acquired in France and Senegal. Aware of all the opportunities ahead of her, thirty-year-old Angélique has not stopped getting conversations started about her ‘’countless projects’’. With a strong entrepreneurial instinct given to her by her parents, she became a serial social entrepreneur that can proudly hold the title of model, cofounder of the concept-store Cheliel, founder of R Magazine, one of the TravelEaters behind LekkTukki, cooking addict, amateur fashion designer, etc. Immersed in Montreal’s flourishing world of art, culture and entrepreneurship, the epicurean African woman that Angélique is finds herself very involved in ‘’her communities’’.

Originally from Montpellier, a city in the South of France, she has been living in Montreal (Canada) since 2013. Always eager to travel and experience new things, she is filled by her persisting dreams and life-long challenges.
After finishing her studies in communication, she created her own website where we can find her favorite art findings.
Having developed a taste for writing in the last ten years, she has seamlessly joined the magazine’s team since its second release. Very fond of numeric and graphic communication, she takes part in the promotion of R Magazine by running social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Being a very versatile person, she also participates in the magazine’s layout with other graphic designers.

Benefiting from many experiences … gifted writer … elegant … guilty of worrying about the right way to speak … she is the dream reviewer for anyone looking to solve any Shakespearean mystery!

Passionate about travelling and charity work, she is very imaginative with a curious mind and an eye for detail. She practices a drastically different career, but we can say that she very well takes upon herself the cohabitation of numbers and letters in her life.
Marie Agathe also brings with each of her translation a touch of England, a country where she lived for many years.

Even though Monique is French – she was born in France- she has Vietnamese origins and was completely brought up in the Vietnamese way. This is the reason why she can speak and write in Vietnamese – although badly, in her opinion! This year, she is going to celebrate her 60th birthday.
She is an early retiree, unwillingly, and wanted to give of her time to the association as well as to share the expertise she acquired throughout her career in the cosmetics packaging industry.

As a former student at the University of Strasbourg, Adrien studied French literature and completed a bachelor’s degree in modern literature in 2016 as well as a master’s degree in French literature and comparative literature. He made this studies choice driven by the will to reach a perfect command of French. As part of his literature studies, he wrote a thesis on the imaginary in the works of Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe.

Born in the Parisian region, of a beautiful encounter at the French embassy in Washington DC between her father, then on mission for the French government, and her mother, born in St George (Beauce Canadian), who was then an executive secretary. Doctor in pharmacy, she has been living in Annecy, in Upper Savoy, for 37 years and is the mother of 3 children. She has been cradled by her mother’s childhood memories, her dad passing away when she was 18 months old. How does she define herself? She loves people, others, foreign languages, to talk just because, to establish a link even if it’s short-lived, to listen, to joke around, to look for and sometimes find solutions, to fully live in the present or to at least try to, taking a walk on long deserted beaches, rain or blowing wind be dammed, the leaves’ whisper in the wind, picking up rocks, to observe the fauna and flora in their natural habitat in the happenstance of walks. She loves Kandinsky, Cézanne, Picasso, Klimt, mashed almonds, crossword puzzles, to write, to draw and paint, cats. She likes the moment when day breaks into darkness, this blurry boundary between dog and wolf, the crackling of the fire roaring in the hearth and the complicit shadows that dance along the walls, the smell of musk, of freshly cut herbs and of lilac. She hates injustice, contempt towards the weakest, mistreatment, arrogance, alarm clocks, unclaimed crumbs on the table, the smell of chlorine, and spelling mistakes, of course!

Parisian in her thirties with a career having to do with numbers, Bernie is a photography lover who spends her free time as ‘’The glob’girl’’. For her, photography is a way to express her artistic side, which has followed her since a very young age, a time during which she loved drawing. Still today, she sometimes doodles ideas for future photo shoots. Her current work contributes to highlight femininity, but she also values project that promote love and racial harmony. One of her next goal is to work with male models.

Ray is a self-taught photographer from Indonesia based in Paris. His work is mostly made up of photos from trips in Asia and Europe. He is currently working on a project showcasing portraits of people from all around the world and their take on life.

As a young French expat in Senegal since 2018, she could describe herself as a lover of art objects. She is a trained auction clerk. After she completed law studies, she started her career with a notarial profession. She discovered what was her passion thanks to the estates she managed with the auctioneers. She left everything to complete a bachelor’s degree in Art History and to become a clerk. However, her husband had to go to Africa, and she decided to move too and follow him! Since there was no auction system in Dakar, she changed her career. She first opened a contemporary art gallery, then she turned to communication. Today, she combines her work and her passion and communicates mainly for Galleries and Cultural Institutions.

Stefdekarda is a photographer and a graphic designer for many famous Senegalese artists, an african correspondent for a Franco-American magazine and the person responsible for the production of a successful TV show on Senegalese television. Stefdekarda has also recently participated in a reality TV show where the winner would be recognized throughout Africa as a stylist amongst other things.