Many are those who have been marked, even changed, following their experience in Meeting in unknown land. From Kev Adams to Virginie Efira via Gérard Jugnot, Thomas Pesquet or even Vianney, the Alex Reed stars have all experienced an extraordinary and unforgettable adventure.
This Tuesday evening on France 2, it’s up to Oli, whose real name is Olivio, the youngest of the famous rapper duo Big Flo and Oli, to discover another culture in the company of Raphaël de Casabianca. The 26-year-old flew to Madagascar to meet the Vézos, a semi-nomadic people.
This is the first time that the rapper has remained so long without news of his brother Florian, alias Flo. “It’s been years since we’ve been so far apart. The last time was when I went on a camp with the town hall of Toulouse, I was much younger…explains Oli in the columns of TV Star. He adds, however, that what he found “very weird, it was not being able to exchange at all“. “No calls, no FaceTime, no texts, while we are constantly writing and sending photos.“
Aware of the chance offered to him, Oli lived the adventure “thoroughly“. “I got so involved in this adventure and in the daily life of the Vézos that it was easier than I thought. raph (Raphaël de Casabianca, ed.) and the team were quite amazed at first.“
Among the highlights of his days with the Vézos, the rapper remembers the time it took for “open to each other“. He particularly remembers “the encounter with women when they hunted sea urchins on foot. It was very beautiful because there was modesty and shyness on both sides“, he confides to the French media.
“I had a shock”
From this adventure, Oli comes out “a little“changed.”I have always had this ability to realize how lucky we are to live in our societies. So it reinforced this gaze and this step back“, he says before adding that he now has another “relation to water“. “I was shocked when I saw how the Vézos were going to get some. Thanks to my parents’ education, I’ve always been careful, but now I think regarding it even more…“
“Rendezvous in unknown land” Tuesday at 21.10 on France 2
