Lisa De Bode

Lisa De Bode is a freelance reporter.

Lisa De Bode is a former managing editor of The World’s digital team. She managed a team of editors producing content for our website along with our daily podcast, morning newsletter, and social media platforms. Before that, she was a deputy editor for The World.

Activists say it’s time to do away with Le Sauvage, a Belgian festival’s traditional blackface character

August 23, 2019

In Belgium, people have dressed up in blackface at festivals for decades. But in recent years, a push to end the practice is gaining steam.