Kandioura Dramé

Kandioura Dramé
Associate Professor
Department of French
306 Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
434/924-4634s
kd4j@virginia.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours:

Wednesday 2:00-4:00

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Ph.D. UCLA (1984). President of the African Literature Association 2001-2002; Associate Editor, CARAF Books.


  Primary Research and Teaching Interests: Francophone African literature (French colonial literature, early Francophone, Negritude, and Post-Negritude writers; Essays, Fiction, and Poetry); African cinema, Oral traditions, and Contemporary African music and arts.


  Courses Taught: Introduction to African Literature; Pioneers of Francophone African Literature; Africa in Cinema; Oral Traditions of Senegambia; African Literatures and Cultures.

Visit the following site for more information on Francophone African literature and cinema, interviews with authors, video and audio archives: African Studies
For more on francophone writers: http://www.medi1.com

 Recent Publications:

  • "The Dance of the Philosopher" ALA Bulletin, Spring 2001.
  • "Le Mvet dans l'oeuvre de Mongo Beti, Critical Perspectives on Mongo Beti," 1998.
  • La bataille de Manda in Les Épopées d'Afrique noire, Collection UNESCO, 1997.
  • "The Trickster as Triptych," Monsters, Tricksters, and Sacred Cows: Animal Tales and American Identities, 1996.

African Oral Literature Course

(click images to enlarge)

Griot Cheikh Hamala Jabate and Mr. Bruce Penner.

Playing the Ngoni (string instrument) and Balafon.
Griot Cheikh Hamala Jabate & Mr. Bruce Penner.
Playing the Ngoni (string instrument) and Balafon.
Students and Faculty enjoying songs of Old Mali. Griot Cheikh Hamala Jabate and Mr. Bruce Penner.
Students & Faculty enjoying songs of Old Mali.
Griot Cheikh Hamala Jabate & Mr. Bruce Penner.

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