Kenneth Harrow

Ken Harrow a dirigé de nombreuses collections sur des sujets tels que l’islam et la littérature africaine, le cinéma africain et les femmes dans la littérature et le cinéma africains, notamment : avec Frieda Ekotto, le recueil Rethinking African Cultural Production (Indiana University Press, 2015). Elle a dirigé l’ouvrage African Filmmaking : Five Formations (MSU Press, 2017), A Companion in African Cinema (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018), coédité avec Carmela Garritano.

Il a publié plus de 60 articles et 25 chapitres de livres.

Il a organisé de nombreuses conférences sur la littérature et le cinéma africains, dont deux fois la conférence annuelle de l’Association de littérature africaine – une fois sur le thème de la théorie dans le domaine des études littéraires africaines en 1986, et une deuxième fois en 1997 sur les cinémas d’Afrique.

Il a été président de l’Association de littérature africaine et s’est vu décerner le premier Distinguished Member Award en 2009. En 2010, il a reçu le Distinguished Faculty Award à l’université d’État du Michigan et, en 2011, le Distinguished Africanist Award lors de la conférence annuelle Toyin Falola, à l’université du Texas. En 2023, il a reçu le Distinguished Africanist Award de l’African Studies Association.

Il a été lauréat du NEH Younger Humanist Award en 1973-4, ce qui l’a amené en France, en Algérie et au Maroc. Ses bourses Fulbright d’enseignement et de recherche l’ont amené au Cameroun en 1977-1979, et au Sénégal en 1982-1983 et en 2005-2006.

Il a siégé au conseil d’administration de l’Association de littérature africaine et de l’Association d’études africaines.

Il dirigeait le comité éditorial de la collection « African Humanities and the Arts » pour Michigan State University Press.

Il se concentrait avant que la maladie ne l’emporte en avril 2024 sur ses travaux sur le temps et l’espace dans le cinéma africain, et sur la relation du cinéma africain avec le concept contesté de cinéma mondial.

Publications :

2023 – African Cinema in a Global Age
2022 – Space and Time in African Cinema and Cine-Scapes
2013 – Trash: African Cinema from Below
2007 – Postcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism
2001 – Less Than One and Double (Studies in African Literature)
1996 – The Marabout & the Muse (Studies in African Literature)
1993 – Thresholds of Change in African Literature
1991 – Faces of Islam in African Literature (Studies in African Literature New Series)

He has edited numerous collections on such topics as Islam and African literature, African cinema, and women in African literature and cinema, including: with Frieda Ekotto the collection Rethinking African Cultural Production (Indiana University Press, 2015). Edited African Filmmaking: Five Formations (MSU Press, 2017), A Companion in African Cinema (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018), coedited with Carmela Garritano.

He has published more than 60 articles and twenty-five chapters.

His service to the profession includes organizing numerous conferences dealing with African literature and cinema, including twice the African Literature Association’s annual conference-once on the theme of theory in the field of African literary studies in 1986, and a second in 1997 on African cinema.

He served as President of the African Literature Association, and was honored with their first Distinguished Member Award in 2009. In 2010 he was honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award at Michigan State University, and in 2011 was honored with the Distinguished Africanist Award at the Toyin Falola Annual Conference, University of Texas. In 2023 he was awarded the Distinguished Africanist Award, African Studies Association.

Grants include an NEH Younger Humanist Award recipient in 1973-4, which brought him to France, Algeria, and Morocco. His Fulbright teaching and research awards brought him to Cameroon in 1977-79, and Senegal from 1982-3 and 2005-6.

He has served on the board for the African Literature Association, the African Studies Association.

He is general editor for the series « African Humanities and the Arts » for Michigan State University Press.

He was recently focusing his work on time and space in African cinema, and African cinema’s relationship to the contested concept of World Cinema.

Publications :

2023 – African Cinema in a Global Age
2022 – Space and Time in African Cinema and Cine-Scapes
2013 – Trash: African Cinema from Below
2007 – Postcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism
2001 – Less Than One and Double (Studies in African Literature)
1996 – The Marabout & the Muse (Studies in African Literature)
1993 – Thresholds of Change in African Literature
1991 – Faces of Islam in African Literature (Studies in African Literature New Series)