Bumatay, Michelle. On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power. : Ohio State University Press, 2025. 155 pp. $36.95 (paper), ISBN 9780814259375. Reviewed by Joanna Davis-McElligatt (University of North Texas) Published on H-Africa (January, 2026) Commissioned by Caitlin Barker (Boston College) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62165

Assistant professor of French and French graduate adviser at Florida State University, Michelle Bumatay, (Ph.D., UCLA) specializes in African Francophone literature and visual culture as well as conte...

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On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay is the first book in English to explore the work of Black francophone artists of bandes desinées and their responses to colonial l...

The Spring 2025 catalog of the Ohio State University Press, with new titles in creative nonfiction, critical adoption studies, cultural studies, rhetoric and communication, and more.