Jo Güstin
Creative producer and Dérangeuse professionnelle in Toronto, ON, Canada
Jo Güstin is an intersectionality writer, comedian, and creative producer who tells the dopest queer African stories in French and English. Born and raised in Cameroon, she studied at prestigious institutions in France, Germany, and Japan, and she is now a Canadian resident based in Toronto, ON. She founded the creative production company DEARNGE SOCIETY in 2020; her award-winning short film Don’t Text Your Ex and audio drama series Contes et légendes du Queeriqoo are the first productions under the label.
Other creations involve:
- Collection of short stories 9 Histoires lumineuses où le bien est le mal (2017)
- Autofiction novel Ah Sissi, il faut souffrir pour être française !(2019)
- Lyricist of the award-winning soul/jazz album African Time(2019) by Gwen & Tiana
- Writer and comedian of the one-woman-show Je n'suis pas venue ici pour souffrir, OK ?
- Writer of the episode “Le Cri défendu” of ARTE's TV series H24
Clearly, this girl is not on earth, not on water, she’s on fire.