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Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1988
Francophone Literature, Twentieth-Century French Literature, Theoretical Linguistics

Professor Gallimore's research focuses on Francophone Sub-Saharan African and North African literature, civilization, and linguistics. She has published two books, Le renouveau de l'écriture féminine dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Calixthe Beyala. L'afrique francophone sub-saharienne (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1997) and L'oeuvre romanesque de Jean-Marie Adiaffi. Le mariage du mythe et de l'histoire: fondement d'un récit pluriel (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1996), as well numerous articles in Etudes Françaises, Présence Africaine and other journals. Professor Gallimore has also co-edited two special volumes of Notre Librairie devoted to Francophone women's expression.

She is currently doing research on issues of gender in post-genocide Rwanda. She is the co-editor of the volume of essays on the Rwandan genocid published by L’Harmattan: Dix ans après: réflexions sur le genocide rwandais (2005). She has served as a Consultant on gender equality and development for UNESCO in 2005 and also recently on Women’s Rights Peace and Security in 2007. She is currently working on a book-length study of testimonies from Rwandan female survivors of the genocide.

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212 Arts & Science Building
573-882-4372
gallimorer@missouri.edu

book jacket
L'oeuvre romanesque de Calixthe Beyala

Romance Languages & Literatures
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