Selected Critical Responses, Book Reviews, Articles

 

 

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Le voyage d’un érudit, enthousiasmé par l’Aveyron,” Le Villefranchois, le 08/09/2022,

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“A Malian Writer Finds a Postmortem Revival: How a French literary event in 2021 brought author Yambo Ouologuem back to life,” Oliva Snaije. NEW/LINES, July 27, 2022.

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“Yambo Ouologuem, D’Écrivain célèbre à vendeur de charbon de bois,” Kahdim Ndiaye. Seneplus Nov. 22, 2021

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“(Re)Lire Yambo Ouologuem: Hommage à une plume africaine majeure,” Diacritik: Le Magazine qui met l’accent. Hiver 2022.

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“Mohamed Mbougar Sarr: La Plus Secrète Mémoire des hommes.” The Modern Novel.

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“Du Renaudot (1968) au Goncourt (2021), Les riches heures africaines des lettres d’expression francaise,” Abejil Lahjourmi. Quid: Actus & Analyses, 24 Jan 2022.

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“Putting French Literary History on Trial,” by Doyle Calhoun. Sydney Review of Books. May 26, 2022.

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“The Undoing of a Semi-Authoritarian Regime: The Term Limit Debate and the Fall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso,” by Daniel Eizenga & Leonardo A. Villalón. The Politics of Challenging Presidential Term Limits in Africa, New York: Springer, 2020: 141-170.

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“Contre, sans et après Ouologuem: le paradoxe des (ré)éditions et des études de son oeuvre,” by Jean-Pierre Orban. Fabula: La recherche en littérature 18 avril 2019.

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“Yambo Ouologuem au seuil des Éditions du Seuil,” by Sarah Burnautzki. Fabula: La recherche en littérature 18 avril 2019.

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Burkina Faso: A History of Power, Protest, and Revolution, by Ernest Harsch. London: Zed Books, 2017.

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Review: “Wise, Christopher Sorcery, Totem, and Jihad in African Philosophy,” by T. L. Lott, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Vol. 55 (2), October 2017: 219.

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Muslims beyond the Arab world: The odyssey of ajami and the Muridiyya, by Fallou Ngom. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

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“Clarity and Doubt: Derrida Among the Palestinians,” by Martin McQuillan. Paragraph 39 (2) 2016: 220-237.

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Review “Deconstructing Zionism: A Critique of Political Metaphysics,” by Nigel Parsons, New Zealand International Review, Vol. 41, Issue 1 (Jan/Feb 2016): 31.

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“The Language of Science and the Science of Language: Chomsky’s Cartesianism,” by David Golumbia. Diacritics, Vol. 43, No. 1 (2015): 38-62.

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“The Tribulations of a Sahelian Traveler: An Interview with Michel Tinguiri,” by Alassane Abdoulaye Dia. JELLIC: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Culture, Volume 4, Number 1, March/April 2015.

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“Rev of Deconstructing Zionism: A Critical of Metaphysical Politics,” by Netta van Vliet, Critical Inquiry, March 12, 2015.

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“Coming Home to Algeria: The Case of Derrida,” by Dennis Schep. Derrida Today Conference, Fordham University, New York City, June 2014,

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“Augustine the African: Post-colonial, Postcolonial, and Post-Postcolonial Readings,” by David E. Wilhite. Postcolonial Theory and Theology, Volume 5, Issue 1 (July 2014).

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“Review, Deconstructing Zionism: A Critique of Political Metaphysics,” by David Lloyd. Los Angeles Review of Books, August 17, 2014.

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“Review: Chomsky and Deconstruction: The Politics of Unconscious Knowledge,” by Mara Steele. Derrida Today, Volume 7, (May 2014): 106-111.

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“Review: Deconstructing Zionism,” by Rumy Hasan, E-International Relations: The

World’s Leading Website For Students and Scholars of International Politics. April 14, 2014.

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“Masculinitiés ‘noires,’ renégociées Yambo Ouologuem au prisme de ses representations d’ethnicité et de genre,” by Sarah Burnautzki, HeLix: Dossiers zur romanischen Literaturwissenschaft, #6 (2013): 5: 12-35.

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“Mal de Sionisme (Zionist Fever),” by Gil Andijar in Living Together: Derrida’s Communities of Violence and Peace, ed. by Elisabeth Weber. New York: Fordham University Press, 2013: 44-58.

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“Review: Derrida, Africa, and the Middle East,” by Andrew Hageman, Christianity and Literature, Vol. 63, Issue 1, (Autumn) 2013: 153-156.

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“Here is Why Deconstructing Zionism Is Important: To Criticize Zionism Means To Ask Justice For Its Victims,” by Michael Marder. Aljazeera. 08 December 2013.

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“Derrida and the Crisis of French Zionism,” by Andrew Ryder. Jadaliyya (April 23, 2013) and Warscapes (April 15, 2013).

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“Review: Mahmud Kati, Ta’rikh al-fattash: The Timbuktu Chronicles 1493- 1599,” by Nubai Kai. Journal of the African Literature Association, Vol. 6, No. 2 (2013).

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“Review: Being Arab: Arabism and The Politics of Recognition,” by Valerie A. Booth. Journal of the African Literature Association, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2012): 174-175.

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The Africa-Centered, Activist, and Critical Philosophy of Derrida,’ B. Agozino, International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, 2011.

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Book Review: “The Timbuktu Chronicles, 1493-1599, Edited by Christopher Wise,” by Stephen Ney. Chimo, Number 62 (Fall 2011): 20-23.

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“The Arabs and History [Book Review of Christopher Wise & Paul James’ Being Arab],” by Leo Rosenblatt, Arena Magazine, No. 111, April/May 2011: 49-52.

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Book Review: “Derrida, Africa, and the Middle East: Critical Philosophy for Africa,” by Emilia Ilieva, Daily Nation (Kenya), Sunday, December 18, 2011.

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“Algeria as Postcolony? Rethinking the Colonial Legacy of Post-Structuralism,” by Muriam Haleh Davis. Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy/Revue de la philosophie francaise et de langue francaise, Vol. 19, No, 2 (2011): 136-152.

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“Noam Chomsky-Biography,” The European Graduate School.
 

“Curtain Rises for Ballet, Book by Western Professor,” by Grace Moore, The Western Front, Thursday, April 5, 2011: 4.

 

“Emerald Bay: Bellingham Ballet Revisits History,” by Amy Kepferle, Cascadia Weekly, (5/25/11): No. 21, Vol. 6: 15.

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“Ballet Illuminates History: Stunning Production From Local Company,” by Christopher Key. Entertainment News NW, May 27, 2011.

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“’Emerald Bay’ Ballet Chronicles Chinese Expulsion of 1885,” by Marian Liu, The Seattle Times, May 12, 2011.

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“Algeria’s Impact on French Philosophy: Between Poststructuralist Theory and Colonial Practice,” by Muriam Haleh Davis, Jadaliyya, June 6, 2011. 

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“Teaching the African Novel (review),” by Caroline Beschea-Fache. Rocky Mountain Review, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Spring 2010): 116-117.

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Review: “Christopher Wise, ‘Derrida, Africa, and the Middle East,’” by Shane Moran, Textual Practice, Vol. 24, Issue 2 (2010): 382-388.

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“Review, Being Arab: Arabism and the Politics of Recognition,” by Anonymous, Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 3, Summer 2010: 177-178.

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“La domestication des etudiants du campus de Ouagadougou: la crise de juin 2008,” by Lila Chouli, JHEA/RESA, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2009: 1-28.

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“Review, Yambo Ouologuem Reader,” by Ann Elizabeth Wiley, Research in African

Literatures, Vol. 40, No 4 (2009): 190-191.

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“Review, Derrida, Africa, and the Middle East,” by Node Smith, Africa Today, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Winter 2009): 102-104.

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“’Messianicity’ in Social Theory? A Critique of a Thesis of Jacques Derrida,” by Austin Harris, Thesis Eleven, Vol. 98, No. 1 (2009): 52-68.

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“The Question of Europe: Said and Derrida,” by John Docker, in Edward Said: The Legacy of a Public Intellectual, Edited by Debjani Gangaly & Ned Curthoys, Melbourne University Press, 2007: 263-290.

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“Review: Norbert Zongo. The Parachute Drop, Tr. by Christopher Wise,” by Janis L. Pallister, ALA Bulletin (African Literature Association), Volume 31, No. 2 (Winter) 2005/ No. 2 (Spring) 2006: 68-70.

 

“History and the Production and Reception of Autobiography in Francophone Africa,” by Edgard Sankara. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, Vol. 32, No. 3-4 (2005): 441-458.

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“Christopher Wise,” Contemporary Authors, Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 2004.

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"Yambo Ouologuem," by Jean Jonassaint, Nouvelles Études Francophones, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2004: 264-268.

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"One Moment of State Terrorism in Africa," by Tunde Fatunde, The Guardian [Lagos, Nigeria], Monday, September 13, 2004: 67.

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"Continental Shadow," by Harold Braswell, The New Republic Online, July 2004.

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"The Emperor's Old Grove," by Brad Prager, The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 38, No. 1 (August) 2004: 227-229.

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"Le devoir de violence, préface par Christopher Wise," Bibliographie nationale francaise Livres, Numéro 5-6/2003.

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"Wise, Christopher, ed. 2001. The Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel," by Obed Nkunzimana, Africa Today, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Spring/Summer) 2003: 144-149.

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"A Tribute to Edward Said," by Noor al-Saleh, The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly, 9 - 15 October 2003, Vol. 14, No. 15: 7.

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“Christopher Wise, The Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel,” by Beverly B. Mack, African Studies Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, December 2002: 102-104.

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“On Perry Anderson’s The Origins of Postmodernity, Clint Burnham’s The Jamesonian Unconscious, and Christopher Wise’s The Marxian Hermeneutics of Fredric Jameson,” by Ian Buchanan, Historical Materialism: Research In Critical Marxist Theory, Volume 10, Number 3 (2002): 223-244.

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“Le devoir de mémoire, Temoignage: au nom de mon père,” by Ava Ouologuem, Jeune Afrique / L’intelligent [Paris, France], N. 2175, du 16 au 22 Septembre 2002: 91-92.

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Review: "Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel,” by Lamia Ben Youssef, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Summer 2002): 204-205.

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Review: “The Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel,” by Jamal En-nehas, World Literature Today, Winter 2002, Vol. 76, No. 1: 121-122.

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“Wise, Christopher, The Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel,” Reference & Research Book News, August 2001: 217.

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Review: “Wise, Christopher, The Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel,” ALA Bulletin (The African Literature Association), Volume 27, Summer 2001, No.3: 121.

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Review: “Yambo Ouologuem: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic Militant,” The Complete Review: A Literary Saloon & Site of Review.

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“Hommage d’un Américain à Norbert Zongo,” by Liermè Somé, L’Indépendant [Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso] No. 396, 10 avril 2001: 15.

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“Ambassade des États-Unis: Communique de presse: Dedicace du livre: ‘The Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel,’” Le Pays [Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso] N. 2357: 17.

                

“Un livre dédié à Norbert Zongo,” Aujourd’ hui [Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso] 4 avril 2001: 2.

 

“Faire connaître le Burkina aux Américains,” by Sita Tarbagdo, Sidwaya [Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso] N. 4238, 9 avril 2001: 25.

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Review: “Yambo Ouologuem: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic Militant,” by George Lang, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring 2001): 136-139.

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Review: “Yambo Ouologuem: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic Militant,” by Robert P. Smith, Jr., World Literature Today, Vol. 74, No. 1 (Winter 2000): 226.

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“Christopher Wise, Yambo Ouologuem: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic Militant & Eleni Condouriotis, Claiming History: Colonialism, Ethnography, and the Novel,” by Glen Bush, African Studies Review, December 1999: 195-196.

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“Yambo Ouologuem: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic Militant,” by K. Tölölyan, Choice, Vol. 37, No. 2 (October) 1999.

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“Trop, c’est trop! Civil Insurgence in Burkina Faso, 1998-1999,” by Ernest Harsch. Review of African Political Economy, February – March 1999: 395-406.

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“Postcolonial Criticism in an African(ist) Frame,” by Gaurav Desai, Research In African Literatures, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring) 1998: 211-219.

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