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Abstract
The following interview was recorded in August 2018 at the home of Dr. Aminata Dramane Traoré in Bamako, Mali. Excerpts from the encounter appear Debra Boyds film San Toro Story: A Portrait of Aminata Dramane Traoré. Traoré discusses her literary works, cultural enterprises, the complex nature of political life and economic adversity in the Sahel, the importance of the African diaspora, and imperatives for the sovereignty of Mali.
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Debra S. Boyd
Debra S. Boyd served as professor of French and Francophone Literatures at North Carolina Central University (emerita). A recipient of multiple Fulbright scholarships, she has taught and held administrative positions at universities in the United States and in Africa. Boyd is the co-editor of Camel Tracks: Critical Perspectives on Sahelian Literatures and the author of Wax Prints of the Sahel: Cloth Portraits of Contemporary African History and numerous articles, the director and producer of the Genius of the Sahel documentary film series.