S2 Ep3 Dr Boukary Sawadogo An Untold New York Story

10/10/22 • 80 min

Born in Côte d’Ivoire to parents from Burkina Faso, Dr. Boukary Sawadogo moved to the United States in 2006 to pursue graduate studies, earning a master’s degree and a doctorate. He has lived and worked to different parts of the USA, including the states of Iowa, Louisiana, Vermont, Massachusetts, and now New York.

As an African cinemas scholar and media professional, Dr Boukary Sawadogo’s multifaceted work seeks to give voice and presence work to film/media productions that developed outside of hegemonic paradigms of Hollywood cinema model.

Dr. Sawadogo has published extensively on African cinemas with four single-authored books on the subject. Also, he is the founding director of the Harlem African Animation Festival

Beyond film and media industries, Dr. Boukary Sawadogo's work is widening in scope and depth to include a study of the encounters and exchanges between Africa and the diaspora. In this respect, he has authored most recently the book “Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story” (Fordham University Press, 2022). As a writer, Dr Sawadogo interrogates the place and trajectory of Africa today in the world through the diaspora

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Twitter: @BkBoukary

Instagram: @boukary776

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