Dany Laferrière (Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex ? etc.) has now taken his place (fauteuil 2) among the immortels of the French Academy -- "le premier Haïtien et le premier Québécois" to do so; see also, for example, the report, Writer Dany Laferrière inducted into the Académie française.
(They make him wear a silly jacket, but he does get to play with a sword.)
At the official site they now have his induction speech (in French, of course).
At the official site they now have his induction speech (in French, of course).