Dieudonne M'bala M'bala: Friends turn on France's black, anti-Semitic comedian for forming political

Dieudonne M'bala M'bala: Friends turn on France's black, anti-Semitic comedian for forming political party with far-right activist


Civil war has broken out in the bizarre world of Dieudonné, the black, anti-Semitic comedian at the centre of the “Nazi” salute row surrounding the footballer Nicolas Anelka a year ago.

Several black supporters of Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, including former bodyguards, have turned against him, complaining of his increasingly close connections with white, allegedly racist, groups in France and what they claim is his supposed obsession with personal enrichment. Their disillusionment is based partly on Dieudonné’s alliance with Alain Soral, an essayist and activist who has himself been accused of anti-Semitism. These ill-sorted comrades – the campaigner against the oppression of black people and the former official of the far-right Front National – launched a political party last month called Réconciliation Nationale.

In response, former supporters of Dieudonné have started an internet campaign to undermine the black comedian’s fervent support base in the poor, multi-racial surburbs surrounding French cities. Amont other things, they have posted on the internet an extraordinary exchange of emails earlier this year allegedly sent between Mr Soral and a Guinean model called Binti Bangoura.

Mr Soral, 56, is a champion of traditional family values and an overtly anti-Semitic polemicist, but also a self-declared expert on picking-up women. He published a book on the “sociology” of pick-up techniques and has claimed 700 conquests. Ms Bangoura initially expressed an interest in Mr Soral’s politics. After an email exchange, she claims, Mr Soral suggested a sexual relationship and sent a naked image of himself (which has since been widely posted online, provoking ribaldry).

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