Seminar « African cultural production and questions of autonomy »
17 septembre / 9h45 – 11h45
This workshop is organised by Alessandro JEDLOWSKI and is part of his class CID « Coopération et politiques culturelles » intended for 5th year students at Sciences Po Bordeaux.
It is also part of the laboratory research axis « Axe 3 — Imaginaires, arts, subjectivités«
Practical information
- The workshop will be held in English
- In person only at Sciences Po Bordeaux
11 allée Ausone, 33600 Pessac - To attend the workshop: please register by sending a email with your full Name and Surname to a.jedlowski@sciencespobordeaux.fr
The speaker : Moradewun ADEJUNMOBI
Moradewun Adejunmobi is a Professor in African literature and African popular culture at University of California, Davis.
She has previously taught at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Botswana in Botswana.
In addition, she served as the 2015-2016 President of the African Literature Association.
> Find out more about Moradewun ADEJUNMOBI
She has published widely on these subjects and is the author of the books:
JJ Rabearivelo, Literature and Lingua Franca in Colonial Madagascar
Ed. Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; New edition (October 1, 1996)
Vernacular Palaver ; Imaginations of the Local and Non-Native Languages in West Africa.
Ed. Multilingual Matters (October 22, 2004)
with Carli Coetzee, she edited the Routledge Handbook of African Literature.
Ed. Routledge (March 31, 2021)