The Prix Liberté is an educational initiative designed to raise awareness of freedom, peace and human rights, rooted in the values embodied by the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 in Normandy. Each year, it invites young people aged 15 to 25 in France and around the world to nominate a person or organisation engaged in an exemplary struggle for freedom.
Proposed by the Normandy Region and implemented by the International Institute for Human Rights and Peace, in close partnership with the Normandy Academic Authorities and the Canopé network, the Prix Liberté pays tribute to all those who have fought and continue to fight for this ideal.
As part of the 2026 voting phase, events bringing together several hundred young people are being organised across France and in other countries. These events offer a twofold opportunity for young people: to meet a prominent figure embodying the fight for rights and freedoms, and to learn about the causes championed by the three nominees for the Prix Liberté and vote to determine the 2026 winner.
On 9 April 2026, the cartoonist Kam was the special guest at the voting event hosted by the Unis Cité Peace Ambassadors in Cherbourg. Nearly 200 young people from Normandy were able to take part in this gathering, which focused on freedom of expression and drawing as a tool for expression and the defence of human rights.
Influenced by the political activism of her Cameroonian father, Annick Kamgang (alias Kam) decided to follow in his footsteps by taking up political cartooning and then recounting part of Cameroon’s history in her comic strip. During her talk, she discussed her career and her commitment through her latest comic book, ‘Les enfants du pays’, a family thriller set against the backdrop of Cameroon’s war of decolonisation.
