Espérance Hakuzwimana Ripanti is a Black Lives Matter activist and a writer. She is part of the movement “Razzismo brutta storia” where she works with children, kids, schools, libraries and jails to deconstruct racism stereotypes among the population. She also published a book talking about her story and her call to activism called “Manifesto di una donna nera italiana” (manifest of a black Italian woman) and write for some national newspapers.