Africa

United States of America

Professor of French, African, Caribbean Studies

Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota

paschal@gac.edu

Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
St. Peter, Minnesota 56082 USA

phone: (507) 933-6078
fax: (507) 933-6066

Ghana ; France, francophone African and Caribbean countries

University of Ghana-Legon: B.A (Hons): French/Spanish
Universidad Complutense de Madrid: Diploma in Spanish Language and Culture
Université de Bordeaux III (France): Maîtrise; Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies
The Ohio State University-USA: Ph.D Romance Languages--French
Minnesota State University-Mankato (USA): M.A in Public Administration

My research interests include African and Caribbean writers. Recently I
have been doing a lot of research on African folk tales -- more
specifically on the Dagara people of North Western Ghana and South Western
Burkina Faso.

I teach French language, literature and culture. I also teach Francophone
African and Caribbean literatures. I teach courses on African writers in
English as well. One other area in which I teach occasionally is Public
Administration.

Selected Book Chapters

2010 "L'Humour satirique dans En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages d'Ahmadou Kourouma."
In, Ouédraogo, Jean (ed. and introd.), L'Imaginaire d'Ahmadou Kourouma: Contours et enjeux d'une esthétique,
Paris, France: Karthala. (pp. 225-244)

2003 "Tradition, Modernity, and the Clash of Cultures in African Society: The Case of Burkina Faso."
In, Beauclair, Michelle (ed. and introd.), The Francophone World: Cultural Issues and Perspectives,
New York: Peter Lang, (pp. 31-47)

Books

1996 The African and Caribbean Historical Novel in French : A Quest for Identity. New York : P. Lang.

Dagara people ; language ; literature ; culture