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| name = Michel Bampély<br />
| image = Michel Bampély.jpg<br />
| caption = Michel Bampély in 2011<br />
| birth_name = Michel Obouronanga<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|8}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]<br />
| nationality = [[France|French]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Sociologist|Poet|Singer|Music producer|Teacher}}<br />
| years_active = 1999–present<br />
| known_for = Combining social science and music<br />
| spouse = Mademoiselle Éférie (married 2022)<br />
| children = 2<br />
| website = [https://www.ehess.fr/fr/personne/michel-bamp%C3%A9ly EHESS profile]<br />
| module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes<br />
| background = solo_singer<br />
| genre = {{hlist|Afrobeat|Hip hop|Slam|Jazz}}<br />
| instrument = {{hlist|Voice|Piano}}<br />
| label = {{hlist|Scorpio Music|Universal Music Africa|Virgin Music Africa}}<br />
| associated_acts = [[La Troupe]]<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Michel Bampély''' (born 8 October 1974 in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]) is a French sociologist, poet, singer, and music producer.<ref name="ehess">[https://www.ehess.fr/fr/personne/michel-bamp%C3%A9ly Michel Bampély – EHESS]</ref> He is also known by his stage name '''Saint-Michel'''. His work mixes music, spoken word, and social research.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Bampély grew up in [[Paris]], where he discovered [[hip hop]].<ref name="afrik">[https://www.afrik.com/saint-michel-musique-afro-jazz-et-heritage-congolais Saint-Michel – Afrik.com]</ref> He studied literature and sociology and earned a PhD from [[EHESS]] under Jean-Louis Fabiani.<ref name="regards">[https://regardsprotestants.com/culture/michel-bampely-artiste-et-sociologue/ Michel Bampély – Regards Protestants]</ref><br />
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His grandfather, Michel Mongali, was a youth and sports minister in [[Congo]] in the 1960s. His uncle Maxime Mongali was a known Congolese composer.<ref name="afrik" /><br />
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== Music career ==<br />
Bampély created the group ''La Troupe'' in the late 1990s. His first album, ''La fête des fous'', came out in 2000. He later released ''Les Rillettes du Mans'' (2011), mixing French song and slam. In 2023, he released ''Grand Enfant (Afro-Jazz Vol.1)'' with Universal Music Africa.<br />
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== Public life ==<br />
In 2024, Bampély co-signed a letter with 4,000 scientists in ''L’Obs'' magazine, warning against far-right threats to academic freedom.<ref>[https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20240625.OBS90215/nous-scientifiques-appelons-a-la-mobilisation-contre-l-extreme-droite.html Scientists call to stop the far-right – L'Obs]</ref><ref>[https://scientifiquesenrebellion.fr/textes/positionnements/scientifiques-nous-appelons-a-une-mobilisation-contre-l-extreme-droite/ Scientifiques en Rébellion]</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He married poet Mademoiselle Éférie in 2022. They have two children and perform together as a duo.<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
* ''La fête des fous'' (2000)<br />
* ''Les Rillettes du Mans'' (2011)<br />
* ''Grand Enfant (Afro-Jazz Vol.1)'' (2023)<br />
* ''Les Infinis (Soul Jazz Poetry)'' (2025)<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
* 1999: ''La fête des fous, songs for voice and piano''. Scorpio Music.<br />
* 2016: ''Songs and Costumes in French Legal Tradition''. Éditions L’Épitoge.<br />
* 2025: ''In Africa, the Constitutional Order in Question''. Afrique Contemporaine.<br />
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== Articles ==<br />
* 2025: Michel Bampély, “Review of *Cuba and Africa, 1959–1994: Writing an Alternative Atlantic History*”, in ''Afrique Contemporaine'', no. 278, vol. 2 (2024).<ref>[https://shs.cairn.info/revue-afrique-contemporaine-2024-2-page-361 Review in Cairn]</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Other websites ==<br />
* [https://www.ehess.fr/fr/personne/michel-bamp%C3%A9ly Official profile at EHESS]<br />
* [https://afrik.com/saint-michel-musique-afro-jazz-et-heritage-congolais "Saint-Michel, Afro-Jazz and Congolese Heritage"] on Afrik.com<br />
* [https://africultures.com/saint-michel-le-jazz-lamour-et-lafrique "Jazz, Love and Africa"] on Africultures<br />
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Michel_Bamp%C3%A9ly Media related to Michel Bampély] at Wikimedia Commons<br />
* {{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Sociologists]]<br />
[[Category:French singers]]<br />
[[Category:Poets]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kyiv]]<br />
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