Episode 025: Fatoumata Seck

How do comics and literature reshape how we think about African society and its global audiences?In this episode of Podcast or Perish, I talk with Dr. Fatoumata Seck, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Stanford University. She studies African and diasporic literature, with special attention to Senegalese graphic comics and their intersections with journalism, translation, and social critique. We discuss her analysis of Ousmane Mendy’s satirical comics, the politics of cultural translation, and how graphic texts create new possibilities for African storytelling.***Full transcript, photos, and related resources:https://www.podcastorperish.ca/episodes/episode-025-fatoumata-seck***Podcast or Perish is about academic research and why it matters. Hosted by Prof. Cameron Graham.