Survivors share their stories of abuse at St. Joseph’s Orphanage

During France's colonisation of West Africa, several thousand children born of relations between French colonialists and African women were abandoned by their father and taken from their mother. These mixed-race children were separated from the rest of society and placed in orphanages. Through a series of exclusive testimonies, FRANCE 24 English retraces the history of these forgotten children of France. | RFI English

Decades on, 'hidden children' forced into orphanages of colonial France remain traumatised

Smyllum Park survivor gives horrifying account of life at orphanage