[1] Noël studied at the Sorbonne, obtaining a master's degree in political science there.

[3] Noël authored the book Afro-communautaire : Appartenir à nous-mêmes[4] as well as the edited collection Afrofem, both released with the publisher Éditions Syllepse (Fr).

[5] In addition to writing and editing, Noël has also engaged in political and social activist work.

Originally an activist with the French Socialist Party, she then moved to the Left Front,[1] before disavowing these institutional affiliations and joining the activist collective Mwasi (which means "girl" or "woman" in Lingala[6]).

[7] Noël was also a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement in France.