Associate Professor
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Office
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
D403-0516
Areas of Expertise

Francophone African and Caribbean Literature
Francophone African Films
French Literature and Culture
Postcolonial Theory

Publications, Research & Presentations

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                            
Ph.D.,    French (African & Caribbean Francophone Literatures), University of Missouri- Columbia, 
D.E.A: (Dipl么me d鈥橢tudes Approfondies), Francophone African Literatures, Universit茅 Nationale Cote d鈥橧voire
惭补卯迟谤颈蝉别:&苍产蝉辫;Lettres Modernes (French), Universit茅 de Cote d鈥橧voire
Licence: Lettres Modernes (French), Universit茅 Nationale de Cote d鈥橧voire
 

RESEARCH INTEREST                                                                                                     
Francophone African literatures and cultures
Francophone African Cinema
Francophone Caribbean Literatures and Cultures
Post-colonial theory


PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                                 

            Published Work:

Zadi, Samuel. 鈥淪olidarit茅 en crise : des devoirs envers les parents  dans l鈥櫯搖vre de FatouDiome.鈥 Droits de l鈥橦omme  en Arts, Litt茅ratures et Sciences Humaines en Afrique. Ed.  Banhouma Kamat茅. Paris: Edilivres, 2020: 143-160 .

Zadi, Samuel. 鈥碍别虂迟补濒补 (de Fatou Diome) ou L'Anthropomorphisme a虁 la Rescousse de la Dignit茅 Humaine.鈥 Journal of the African Literature Association, Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group (UK) (14) 2019: 167-744.

Zadi, Samuel. 芦&苍产蝉辫;Les Gu茅risseurs de Sidiki Bakaba : du Mat茅rialisme aux Valeurs Spirituelles.禄 Sidiki Bakaba: Un engagement au service des Arts du spectacle africains. Ed. Banhouma Kamat茅. Paris: L鈥橦armattan, 2019: 263-280.

Zadi, Samuel. "The Irony of  'African Solidarity' in Sembene Ousmane's Mandabi." Humanities. 7.7. (2018).    Print

Zadi, Samuel. (with Andrea Frohne, Ghirmai Negash), Eds. At the Crossroads: Readings of the Postcolonialand the Global in African Literature and Visual Art.   New Jersey: Africa  World Press, 2014, Print. 359 pages.

Zadi, Samuel. 芦&苍产蝉辫;Guelwaar : An Opinion on Food Aid. 禄 The Journal of the African Literature Association 5.1      (2010): 175-188. Print.

Zadi, Samuel. 芦&苍产蝉辫;鈥楲a Solidarit茅 Africaine鈥 dans Le Ventre de l鈥橝tlantique de Fatou  Diome. 禄 Nouvelles              脡tudes Francophones 25.3 (2010) : 75-82. Print.

Zadi, Samuel. "惭辞苍苍猫, Outrages et D茅fis d鈥橝hmadou Kourouma: Un Avis sur l鈥橧mpact de la Colonisation?        At the Crossroads: Readings of the Postcolonial and the Global in African Literature and Visual Art. New        Jersey: Africa World Press, (2014). 112-130. Print.

Zadi, Samuel. (with Andrea Frohne, Ghirmai Negash). 鈥淚ntroduction.鈥 At the Crossroads: Readings of the          Postcolonial and the Global in African Literature and Visual Art. New Jersey: Africa World Press,                        (2014). 5-33. Print.

Zadi, Samuel. 芦&苍产蝉辫;R茅alit茅 ou Travestissement: Image de l'Afrique dans Faat Kin茅 de Sembene        Ousmane. 禄 The French Review 82.3 (2009) : 84-95. Print.

Zadi, Samuel. 芦&苍产蝉辫;Pens茅e Imageante, Destruction et D茅ch茅ance dans l鈥櫯搖vre d鈥橝hmadou Kourouma.禄 Un          Donsomana pour Kourouma. ed. Pierre Kadi Sossou and Bernadette Kassi-Krecoum. Berlin:                            Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2007. 87-98. Print.

            Book in Progress
Zadi, Samuel. " African Solidarity in Francophone African Literature and Films: Past and Present State of a       raditional Value.

         Paper in progress
Zadi, Samuel. 鈥Une Si Long Lettre [So Long a Letter] by Mariama Ba: African Solidarity Then and Now

        Creative Work
Zadi, Samuel. (poet) and John Lane (composer): Songs for Eleanor: For Soprano, Clarinet & Piano. Settings in French and English of Original Francophone Poetry of Samuel Zadi.

         Guest Reviewer for the following journals:
Research in African Literature (Based at Ohio State University)
Journal of African Literature Association (Routledge)
 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS                                                                                            

 2020: 鈥溌獻ndividualisme et communautarisme : tensions identitaires dans l鈥櫯搖vre de Fatou Diome 禄 Conference 鈥楧u Sense 脿 l鈥橧dentit茅鈥. Universit茅 Alassane Ouattara de Bouak茅. Cote d鈥橧voire, March 3-7, 2020.

2019 :  碍别虂迟补濒补 (de Fatou Diome) ou L'Anthropomorphisme a虁 la Rescousse de la
Dignit茅 Humaine.鈥 African Literature Association Annual Convention. Columbus, Ohio, University, June 2018.

2019. 芦La Solidarit茅 Africaine dans l鈥櫯搖vre de  Fatou Diome.禄 College Language Association Conference. North Carolina State University, April 2019.

2018: 鈥 "Les Gu茅risseurs de Sidiki Bakaba: du Mat茅rialisme aux Valeurs Spirituelles." Colloque International sur Sidiki Bakaba, Universit茅 de Cocody, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, November 2018.

June 2018, "L'Anthropomorphisme 脿 la Rescousse de la Dignit茅 HUmaine dans 碍茅迟补濒补 de            Fatou Diome." Annual Convention of the African Literature Association. Washington   DC, June 2018.

2017 :  鈥 鈥楢frican Solidarity鈥 in Traditional African Societies: Myth or Reality? A Study of African Traditional Tales.鈥 African Literature Association Annual Convention, YALE University, June 2017.

2016:   芦Communautarism and Individualism in Sembene Ousmane鈥檚 Money Order. 禄 ALA (African Literature Association) Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 2015.

2015:   芦&苍产蝉辫;Conceptualisation et Pratique des la 鈥淪olidarit茅 Africaine鈥 dans Le Pagne Noir de Bernard Dadi茅. 禄 ALA (African Literature Association) Annual Convention, Johannesburg (South Africa), April 2014.

2013:   芦 鈥楲a Solidarit茅 Africaine鈥 Hier et Aujourd鈥檋ui: Etude du Concept dans Mandabi de Sembene Ousmane.禄 ALA (African Literature Association), Charleston, SC, March 2013.

2012:   芦 La Nouvelle Image de l鈥橝frique dans la s茅rie Adoras. 禄 NEMLA (North Eastern Modern Language Association), Rochester, NY, March 2012.

2012: 芦 La Technique Equilibriste de Sembene Ousmane. 禄 ALA (African Literature Association), Dallas, TX, April 2012.

2011:   芦 鈥楲a Solidarit茅 Africaine鈥 dans 碍茅迟补濒补 de Fatou Diome: L鈥橢nseignement aux Humains. 禄 The African Literature Association Annual Convention. Ohio University, April 2011.

2010 : 芦 惭辞苍苍猫 Outrages et D茅fis d鈥橝hmadou Kourouma : Quel Avis sur la Colonisation ? 禄 ALA (African Literature Association) Conference. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, March 2010.

2009:   芦 La Nouvelle Image de l鈥橝frique dans les Films Tir茅s de la Collection Adoras. 禄 African Literature Association Conference. The University of Vermont, Berlington, VT, April 2009.

2008 : 芦 La communaut茅 comme facteur de r茅gression sociale dans Le Ventre de l鈥橝tlantique de Fatou Diome. 禄 ALA (African Literature Association) Conference. Macomb, IL, April 2008.

2008 :芦 Images Roses de l鈥橝frique dans Cache-Cache d鈥橝mour et Le Pari de l鈥橝mour de Didier Aufort. 禄 Cincinnati Romance Conference, OH, May 2008.

2007 : 芦 Le Dilemme de Sembene Ousmane: Comment D茅noncer sans Perp茅tuer les St茅r茅otypes? 禄 Cincinnati Romance Conference. Cincinnati, OH, May 2007.

2006    芦 惭辞苍苍猫, la M茅taphore du Train et les Promesses non-Tenues. 禄 American Association of Teachers of French. Milwaukee, WI, July 2006.

2006: 芦 Naturel S茅n茅galais, Masques Fran莽ais chez Sembene Ousmane. 禄 North Carolina Romance Conference. Chapell Hill, NC, March 2006.

2006:&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;芦贵补补迟-碍颈苍茅, un Contre-Discours 脿 l鈥橝fro Pessimisme ? 禄 Cincinnati Romance Conference. Cincinnati, May, 2006.

2005: 芦 Pens茅e Imageante, D茅ch茅ance et Destruction dans l鈥橭euvre  d鈥橝hmadou Kourouma. 禄 Conseil International d鈥櫭塼udes Francophones. Gatineau, QC (Canada), June 2005.

2005: 鈥淗ome Video Movies and Literature in Africa: from the Trap to the Stimulator.鈥 African Literature Association. Boulder, CO, April 2005.

2005: 鈥淕iver or the Receiver, What Shall I Be? Samb猫ne Ousmane鈥檚 Le Mandat and the Gift?鈥 North American Christian Foreign Languages Association. Palos Heights, March 2005.

2000 :芦 De la Fonction po茅tique dans Le Baobab fou de Ken Bugul. 禄 Cincinnati Annual Romance Conference. Cincinnati, OH, March 2000.

1999: 鈥淔rench Language in Former French Colonies.鈥 The Future for Africa Conference. Columbia, MO, 1999.

1999: 芦 Litt茅rature Francophone Africaine: de l鈥橭ralit茅 脿 l鈥櫭坮e Postcoloniale. 禄 Institut des Sciences et Techniques de la Communication. Abidjan, C么te d鈥橧voire, 1999.

1998:   鈥淧ostcolonial Poetry from West-Africa: Pac茅r茅 Titinga and the Poetry of the Drum.鈥 Goshen College, IN.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE                                                                                              

2015- Present: Assistant & Associate Professor of French & Coordinator of the French program 鈥 91精品 - Connecticut State University

2013- 2015: Senior Lecturer & Coordinator of the French Program 鈥 The University of Texas, San Antonio

2004 鈥2013:    Assistant Professor & Associate Professor - Wheaton College, IL

2002-2004:      Visiting Instructor - Goshen College, IN

1999-2002:      Graduate Instructor - University of Missouri, Columbia
 

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE                                                                                            

91精品 Connecticut State University

  • 2021-Present: Chair of 91精品-MRRC (Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee)
  • 2021-Present: 91精品-Academic Advising Committee
  • 2022: member of Organizing Committee of the 91精品 Conferences for Language Teachers
  • 2017: Chair of Organizing Committee of the 91精品 Conferences for Language Teachers
  • 2017: Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Center of Africana Studies Conferences
  • 2017 - Present: Chair, Curriculum Committee
  • 2016-Present: HealthyFellows Campaing-91精品
  • 2016- Prepared the 1st Course Abroad by the 91精品 French program
  • 2015- Present: Curriculum Committee
  • 2015: Student Recognition Committee
  • 2015- Present: Coordinator of French program
  • 2015- Present: French majors鈥 advisor