Born in Paris to a French mother and a Senegalese father, Sylvie Kandé is the author of three collections of poetry published by Gallimard. Trained as both a literary critic and a historian, she is also known for her work on the complex conversations that have taken place between Africa and Europe and Africa and its Diasporas. Her areas of specialization include métissage/hybridity and post-racial utopias.
Sylvie Kandé lives and works in New York City.
She teaches at SUNY Old Westbury.
sylviekande@gmail.com
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German translation of La quête infinie de l’autre rive. Épopée en trois chants (Gallimard 2011) by Tim Trzaskalik & Leo Pinke (2021) Jacket: Road to Exile by Barthélémy Toguo (Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature 2011)