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Sylvie Kandé

Sylvie Kandé is the author of three books, Terres, urbanisme et architecture ‘créoles’ en Sierra Leone, 18ème-19ème siècles (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), Lagon, lagunes, a text of poetic prose published in 2000 by Gallimard, with a postface by Édouard Glissant, and an epic, La quête infinie de l’autre rive. Epopée en trois chants (Gallimard, 2011) shortlisted for Prix Mahogany and Prix des Découvreurs. She is the editor of the proceedings of a conference she organized at NYU in 1997, under the title Discours sur le métissage, identités métisses. En quête d’Ariel (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1999). She also published with Marc de Gouvenain Le Pacte du serpent arc-en-ciel (Actes Sud, 2002) the French translation of a collection of short stories by Aboriginal writer, Alexis Wright.
A member of the PEN American Center and the director of the collection “Mots et Mémoires” at Phoenix Press International, she teaches African Studies at SUNY Old Westbury.
www.sylviekande.com