Francosphères special issue on Francophone Afrotopias goes live online
We are delighted to announce that the latest issue of Francosphères, co-edited by Dr Rebekah Vince and Prof Martin Munro, is a special issue on Francophone Afrotopias, guest-edited by Dr Michelle Bumatay, is now available online (table of contents below). Published by Liverpool University Press, Francosphères is an interdisciplinary, open access, bilingual journal that is essential reading for those working in and researching French-speaking cultures across the world.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial
Michelle Bumatay
Interview
L’Afrotopia, la pluridisciplinarité, et l’imagination
Michelle Bumatay
Research Articles
« Habiter le désespoir sans être soi-même désespéré(e) »
Stève Puig
Brigitte Tsobgny
Joachim Adams
Francophone comics by African digital natives
Michelle Bumatay
Frank Gunderson
Mehdi E. Chalmers
Carine Schermann
Ryan Joyce
Interviews
« Je n’ai pas pu lâcher l’affaire car c’est aussi mon histoire »
Charlotte Mackay
Synaesthesia, music, and cinema
Alexis Finet and Martin Munro
Image Tessa Mars, Pop up Haitian hero – I am Tessalines, mixed media on paper, 29.7 × 21cm, 2015. Photo by the artist.