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Ariane Ngabeu
Faculty
Faculty

Ariane Ngabeu (she/ her)

Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies

CV

Department/Office

  • World Languages & Cultures

School/College

  • College of Arts & Sciences

Biography

Dr Ngabeu holds degrees from the University of Yaoundé I and Boston University where she had a Presidential Fellowship for five years. After completed her PhD in French Language and Literature, she became the first Director of the Middlebury College program abroad in Cameroon from 2012-2023, hosting college and graduate students from various US institutions for study abroad experience and immersive French and Medumba languages. Since August 2023, Dr. Ngabeu is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Howard University. Her fields interest range from African Literature and Films, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and Postcolonial Theory. She is the author of Les Enjeux de la modernité dans le roman africain au féminin. Her publications include essays and book chapters on gender issues in African fiction, history and memory, immigration, culture and identity, tradition, and modernity in postcolonial fiction.

Dr Ngabeu’s current project focuses on Gender Issues in Popular Video/ Films and Social Transformation in Cameroon.

Education & Expertise

Education

P.h.D.


Boston University
2012

D.E.A


Yaoundé I
2007

MA


Yaoundé I
2004

BA


Yaoundé I
2001

Expertise

Gender Issues in Francophone Africa

Culture and Identity

Postcolonial Theory

Academics

Academics

FREN 050- Oral Expression I, Spring 2024.

FREN 051- Oral Expression II, Spring 2024.

FREN 077- Advanced Grammar and Composition, Spring 2024

FREN 002- Elementary French 2, Fall 2023.

FREN 040- Intensive Grammar Review, Fall 2023.

IS: Fren Lang-Lit, Fall 2023

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

Les Enjeux de la modernité dans le roman africain au féminin. Werewere Liking, Angèle Rawiri et Ken Bugul

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Celles qui attendent de Fatou de Diome et la mise en récit des enjeux migratoires en Afrique postcoloniale in Les Cahiers du Grathel. Revue scientifique du Groupe de Recherche en Analyses et Théories et Littéraires, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny,2020

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Violence et conflits des altérités chez Ken Bugul et Werewere Liking in JALA (Journal of African Literature Association), 2015, Volume 9.

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