Edgard Sankara
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Biography
Edgard Sankara received his Licence (B.A) and Ma卯trise from the University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), his M.A. from the University of Oregon and his Phd in French/Francophone studies from the University of Texas-Austin. Dr. Sankara鈥檚 book听Postcolonial Francophone Autobiographies: From Africa to the Antilles听was published by the University of Virginia Press (2011). Dr. Sankara has published articles in听Nouvelles Etudes Francophones,听The Canadian Review of Comparative Literature,听the Canadian Journal of African Studies, and听Itin茅raires, litt茅rature, textes, cultures. Dr. Sankara teaches courses in Francophone African and Caribbean literatures. His recent courses include: 鈥淣茅gritude-Antillanit茅-Cr茅olit茅,鈥 鈥淔rancophone African cinema,鈥 鈥淔rancophone Women Writers鈥 and a graduate seminar on 鈥淟iterature of immigration.鈥
He is currently at work on a book-length project on life narratives in Burkina Faso and their connections with history, politics, and readers鈥檙esponse.
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Degrees
- Phd, University of Texas-Austin
- M.A., University of Oregon
- BA, Ma卯trise, University of Ouagadougou