Boubacar Boris Diop
Biographic Data
| ID | 1535928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boubacar Boris Diop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boubacar Boris |
| FAMILY NAME | Diop |
| SIGNATURE | DIOP B B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Do We Say "Genocide" in Wolof? The 2022 Neustadt Prize Lecture
From Murambi
In April of 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed in what would prove to be one of the swiftest, most terrifying killing sprees of the 20th century. In Murambi, The Book of Bones, Boubacar Boris Diop comes face to face with the chilling horror and overwhelming sadness of the tragedy. Here, the power of Diop's acclaimed novel is available to English-speaking readers through Fiona Mc Laughlin's crisp translation and a compelling afterword by …
Inédit
« La littérature ne fait plus peur »
Denial Through Silence… (Africa Faced with the Genocide of the Tutsi)
This article analyzes the discourses of denial about the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. First, it focuses on what we can call a “French denial,” represented by the writings of the journalists Pierre Péan and Stephen Smith and of the social scientists Claudine Vidal, André Guichaoua, and Filip Reyntjens, a Belgian scholar, and by the inquiry of the anti-terrorist judge Jean-Louis Bruguière. Secondly, this article mentions the African intellectu…
Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks
African Impostures
Exchanges between two West African intellectuals amidst the latest French incursion in the region, this time on Malian soil. The recurrent delusions of humanitarian warfare, and continued submission of local elites to Paris
Langues africaines et création littéraire
Génocide et devoir d’imaginaire
Ousmane Sembène ou l'art de se jouer du destin
Les nouveaux damnés de la terre
« A la découverte de notre innocence »
“Le français n'est pas mon destin”
Les métamorphoses de Samba Diallo
From Murambi
In April of 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed in what would prove to be one of the swiftest, most terrifying killing sprees of the 20th century. In Murambi, The Book of Bones, Boubacar Boris Diop comes face to face with the chilling horror and overwhelming sadness of the tragedy. Here, the power of Diop's acclaimed novel is available to English-speaking readers through Fiona Mc Laughlin's crisp translation and a compelling afterword by …
Ousmane Sembène ou l'art de se jouer du destin
Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks
Les métamorphoses de Samba Diallo
“Le français n'est pas mon destin”
« A la découverte de notre innocence »
Les nouveaux damnés de la terre
Génocide et devoir d’imaginaire
Ousmane Sembène ou l'art de se jouer du destin
Langues africaines et création littéraire
African Impostures
Exchanges between two West African intellectuals amidst the latest French incursion in the region, this time on Malian soil. The recurrent delusions of humanitarian warfare, and continued submission of local elites to Paris
« La littérature ne fait plus peur »
Denial Through Silence… (Africa Faced with the Genocide of the Tutsi)
This article analyzes the discourses of denial about the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. First, it focuses on what we can call a “French denial,” represented by the writings of the journalists Pierre Péan and Stephen Smith and of the social scientists Claudine Vidal, André Guichaoua, and Filip Reyntjens, a Belgian scholar, and by the inquiry of the anti-terrorist judge Jean-Louis Bruguière. Secondly, this article mentions the African intellectu…
Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks
Inédit
From Murambi
In April of 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed in what would prove to be one of the swiftest, most terrifying killing sprees of the 20th century. In Murambi, The Book of Bones, Boubacar Boris Diop comes face to face with the chilling horror and overwhelming sadness of the tragedy. Here, the power of Diop's acclaimed novel is available to English-speaking readers through Fiona Mc Laughlin's crisp translation and a compelling afterword by …
How Do We Say "Genocide" in Wolof? The 2022 Neustadt Prize Lecture
Art (10 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · French Urban and Social Studies (2 works) · Genocide (2 works) · History (2 works)