Education
PhD, African Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA, French Literature and Civilization, Michigan State University
Bio
Dr. Amadou T. Fofana received a Licence es Lettres and a Maîtrise in English from Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal. He also received an MA in French Literature and Civilization from Michigan State University, and his PhD in African Languages and Literature from UW-Madison, WI.
His research and teaching interests include French language and literature, Francophone literatures and cultures, African languages, literature and films.
Research
Courses
Elementary French I
Intermediate French II
African Literature
African Cinema
Demise of the French Empire
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Fofana, Amadou T., and Madigan, M. Kathleen, “Harragas and La Pirogue: The Crucible of Clandestine Crossings.” The Journal of North African Studies 22.5 (2017): 779-797.
De Raedt, Thérèse, and Amadou T. Fofana. “Interview with Cheikh Hamidou Kane.” The French Review 91.2 (2017): 190.
Productions
Fofana, Amadou T. and Josh Gibson. SenCinema. 2017. Documentary Co-producer.
External Grants and Fellowships
Amadou T. Fofana, Humanities Writ Large Emerging Humanities Networks, Duke University, Spring 2016.
Amadou T. Fofana, French and Francophone Studies Emerging Humanities Networks Grant to undertake a collaborative documentary project on African cinema (with Josh Gibson), Duke University Humanities Writ Large Initiative, $45,200, December 2015.
Citations
Fofana, Amadou T “A Critical and Deeply Personal Reflection: Malick Aw on Cinema in Senegal Today.” Black Camera, An International Film Journal. Vol 9, Number 2. (pp 349-359). Spring 2018.
Fofana, Amadou T. “Sembene’s Cinema: a platform for African languages” in African Renaissance. Vol 14, Nos 3 & 4, (pp 31-49). Sept/Dec 2017.
Fofana, Amadou T. and Bruce S. Hall "Timbuktu: What Call To Action?" Timbuktu (dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014, Mali). Black Camera, volume 9, issue 1, (pp 7-21). November 2017.
De Raedt, Thérèse and Amadou T Fofana “Un entretien avec Cheikh Hamidou Kane.” The French Review, vol. 91, No 2, (pp 190-202). December 2017.
Fofana, Amadou T and M. Kathleen Madigan. “Harragas and La Pirogue: The Crucible of Clandestine Crossings” The Journal of North African Studies. Volume 22, Number 5, 2017.
Vetinde, Lifongo, and Amadou T. Fofana. eds. Ousmane Sembène and the Politics of Culture. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2014.
Fofana, Amadou T. The Films of Ousmane Sembene: Discourse, Politics, and Culture. New York: Cambria Press, 2012.
Fofana, Amadou T. Akua Sarr, Edris Makward, and C. Frederick eds. The Histories, Languages, and Cultures of West Africa. New York: The Edwin Mellon Press, 2006.
Fofana, Amadou T. and Traoré, Mamery. Bamanankan Learners’ Reference Grammar. Madison, WI: The NALRC Press, 2003.
Fofana, Amadou T. and Schleicher, Antonia. Pulaar Learners’ Reference Grammar. Madison, WI: The NALRC Press, 2002.