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Phyllis Taoua

Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research - GIDP | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, French and Italian

French and Italian

Publications(32)

Recent

Cultivating a Community of Viewers in Africa: How Sissako Frames Spectatorshiand Performance in His Films

2022

film studies, cultural studies, african studies, community engagement, sociology

The Chance of Freedom: Of Storytelling and Memory in Neo-Slave Narratives

2021

memory, narratives, freedom, storytelling, neo-slave

In Praise of Cultural Comparisons: Abiola Irele’s Contributions as a Cosmopolitan, Multi-Lingual Africanist

2020

cultural comparisons, africanist studies, cosmopolitanism, multilingualism, literary criticism

L rsquo;Ethnologie d eacute;tourn eacute;e: Carl Einstein, Michel Leiris et la revue lsquo;Documents rsquo; Par S eacute;bastien C ocirc;t eacute;

2020

ethnologie, carl einstein, michel leiris, revue documents, sébastien côté

Making Sense of the DRC's struggle for democracy

2019

political conflict, democratic governance, african politics, civil society, international relations

In praise of cultural comparisons: Abiola Irele rsquo;s contributions as a cosmopolitan, multi-lingual Africanist

2019

cultural comparisons, cosmopolitanism, africanist studies, multilingualism, literary criticism

What the DRC's flawed election means for emerging democratic culture in Africa

2019

democratic culture, african politics, election integrity, political stability, foreign intervention

African Freedom: How Africa Responded to Independence: by Phyllis Taoua, Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2018, 330 pp, USD 29.99 Paperback) ISBN: 9781108446167

2019

african independence, colonialism, freedom movements, postcolonial africa, decolonization

From African Cinema to World Cinema: The Question of Spectatorshiin Sissako's Filmmaking

2019

african cinema, world cinema, spectatorship, sissako, filmmaking

Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis Threatens national unity. The time for change is now.

2018

political instability, national identity, conflict resolution, social cohesion, governance