Pap Ndiaye is a Professor of history at Sciences Po Paris. His areas of interest are the history and sociology of African Americans and people of African descent in France. He has recently authored an official report on discriminations and diversity at the Opéra de Paris. His books include La Condition noire: essai sur une minorité française (2008); Les Noirs américains: en marche pour l’égalité (2009); Le Modèle noir: de Géricault à Matisse (2019).