Françoise Vergès is a French Feminist and co-director of the scientific and cultural team of a forthcoming museum, La Maison des Civilisations et de l'Unité Réunionnaise. She is also a writer of essays; among her topics: slavery, the colonial politics of French republicanism, and racism. She often works with artists. In 2004, she met with the great poet, writer and activist, Aimé Césaire at Fort de France, Martinique, and realized a series of interviews which have been published in 2004. She is also a Reader at Goldsmiths College, London.

Françoise grew up in Réunion Island and has lived in Algeria, France, United States and England. She was involved in the early French women's liberation movement where she organized campaigns of solidarity with women tortured or imprisoned by dictatorships. Living in different countries, speaking different languages, and fighting for social justice is for Françoise Vergès a way of life.