Moruroa, nicknamed the atoll of the great secret remains to this day a military base, which means that any visit on site is strictly forbidden. And the French nuclear tests happened there, on Moruroa, a place we will probably never be able to visit anymore, but that nonetheless haunts our collective imagination.
As the years go by and the vet of the bomb are leaving, it becomes even more necessary to pay attention to the testimonies of those who were present on the nuclear testing site. They are the first witnesses of the testing. And for them, Moruroa is a part of their lives they had long tried to keep quiet. For many of the workers, Moruroa is associated with their youth. Let us not forget that most of the workers were between 18 and 30 year-old when they left for Moruroa, and some of them were even underaged.
In this episode, 30 years after the end of the nuclear testing period, Moruroa is brought back to life through memories shared by the first witnesses of the testing, their memories are precious memories that may have faded over time but that that still hold the power to bring back to life this page of our history that remains under documented.
In this episode, you’ve heard the testimonies of the following people:
PAOAAFAITE known as Papa Temoe
Nicole ROURA
Daniel PALACZ
Tekura TOGAKAPUTA
Marius CHAN
Pitori GIBERT
Text: Mililani GANIVET / ONESIA Pacific Storytellers
Editing: Marie-Hélène VILLIERME / ONESIA Pacific Storytellers
Music: Eremoana EBB / Harmonie Prod
Translation: Temiti LEHARTEL, Mililani GANIVET, ONESIA Pacific Storytellers
Dubbing Voices:
Armando CASTAGNOLI for Papa Temoe
Moeata GALENON for Nicole ROURA
Jean-Pierre LEBRUN for Daniel PALACZ
Olivier ROTH for Tekura TOGAKAPUTA
Aroma SALMON for Marius CHAN
Samy CUNÉO for Pitori GIBERT
© ONESIA March 2024
