Boubakary Diakite

 Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies and French

EDUCATION

B.A. National University of Abidjan

CAPES Ecole Normale Supérieure Abidjan

Ph.D. Louisiana State University

Office: Keiper 102

Telephone: 717-291-3994

Email bdiakite@fandm.edu

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RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Francophone Literatures, cultures and cinema

Oral Literature

Colonial Representations

Popular Music and Identity

Science Fiction and Identity

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COURSES TAUGHT

FRE 203 Introduction au Monde Francophone (every fall)

FRE 364 Introduction to Francophone literature (Fall 2004, Spring 2008)

FRE 276/ AFS 276 Francophone African Cinema (Spring 2005, Spring 2006)

FRE 374 Cinema Africain Francophone (Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008)

FRE 372 Baudelaire (Fall 2006)

FRE 481 Ethnicity in African and African American Literature (Fall 2005)

FRE 374: Couleurs de France. Les Identités Franco Périphériques  (Spring 2007)

CCS 155: Inventing Aliens