Dr. Joel Akinwumi
Biography
Joel Akinwumi teaches African World Literatures in the Department of World Languages and Literatures and the Department of French. His current research focuses on the depiction of historical forgetting in six postcolonial African and Caribbean novels. His latest articles appeared in Nouvelles Etudes Francophones and Alternative francophone. He received his Ph.D. from UBC, where he has worked as a research assistant on various projects and taught courses ranging from elementary to advanced levels of French. He has also taught at Corpus Christi College (Vancouver). He is the winner of the 2021 François-Paré Award for the best paper presented by an emerging scholar at the international conference organized by APLAQA (Association des Professeur.e.s des littératures acadienne et québécoise de l’Atlantique).
EDUCATION
- Ph.D (French Studies), University of British Columbia
- M.A. (French Studies), University of Ibadan
- B.A. (French & Education), Obafemi Awolowo University (ACE)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- African and Caribbean Literatures
- Postcolonial Discourse
- Memory Studies
- Migration Studies
- Women Studies and African Feminism
- Translation and Interpretation
Selected Publications
- “La postcolonie, la résistance et la subjectivité dans Mort d’Oluwémi d’Ajumako et Dieu nous l’a donné de Maryse Condé.” Alternative Francophone 2. 10 (2022) : 79-88.
- "La mémoire et la revendication féministe : La saison de l'ombre de Léonora Miano." Nouvelles Études Francophones 35.1 (2020) : 188-201.
- With Ramonu Sanusi. “Une saison au Congo ou la tragédie des nations africaines.” Ife Journal of Foreign Languages 9 (2016) : 22-30.
- With Pooja Booluck-Miller. “Le trauma d’autrui et sa narration : Les voyages de Merry Sisal de Gisèle Pineau”. Voix et Images, Francophonies d’Amérique (forthcoming)
Courses
Spring 2024
Future courses may be subject to change.