Emeritus Faculty Education Education: (Ph.D. Saarbrücken and Habilitation Bayreuth) African Literatures and Film, Literary Anthropology Research Research Interests: African literatures, languages, and cultures; orality and aesthetics of African cinema Selected Publications Selected Publications: Sunjata contra Columbus: Envisioning History and Culture in Contemporary Africa through Kouyatés Film Keita. L'héritage du griot In: Ute Fendler und Mechtild Gilzmer (eds.): Grenzenlos. Festschrift für Helmut Schwartz zum 65. Geburtstag.. Aachen: Shaker Verlag 2005. Gathering Knowledge from the Elders In: Georgina Beier (ed.): “They Keep Their Fires Burning”. Conversation on Food, Manners and Hospitality in Africa. Bayreuth African Studies Series 72. 2005. 91-103 Le jeu et le sérieux. Essai d’anthropologie littéraire sur la poésie épique des chasseurs du Mande (Afrique de l’Ouest) Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Reihe ‘Studien zur Kulturkunde’ 2000
