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

     

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