Contact Information
Research Interests
African and Afro-diasporic literatures and Cultures
African Cinema (Senegalese and African Science Fiction)
Black France
Contemporary & Global Africa
Francophone Island literatures (Caribbean and Indian Ocean)
Wolof Language Instruction & AI Pedagogy
Education
The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, Pennsylvania
Dual-Track PhD, French and Francophone Studies & African Studies, ABD
Graduate Online Teaching Certificate, Spring 2019
Ohio University. Athens, Ohio
M.A. International Studies (African Studies), 2014
M.A. French, 2014.
Bluefield State College. Bluefield, West Virginia
B.A. Humanities (English), Cum Laude, 2011
Courses Taught
Spring 2026:
AFST 222 – PS 242 – SOC 222 Introduction to Modern Africa
AFST 211 – ENG 211 – CWL 210 Introduction to Modern African Literature
AFST 490
WLOF 404 – 202
Spring 2025:
AFST 222 – PS 242 – SOC 222 Introduction to Modern Africa
AFST 211 – ENG 211 – CWL 210 Introduction to Modern African Literature
WLOF 202, LCTL 302
Highlighted Publications
Toure, V. A. (2025). Decentering the white gaze in African filmscape. In Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South (pp. 287-302). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Recent Publications
Toure, V. A. (2024). Une Africanisation des Etats-Unis: : revisiter les apports linguistiques et gastronomiques. Éthiopiques: Revue Négro-Africaine de Littérature, de philosophie, de sociologie, d'anthropologie et d'art, 112, 7–20. Ethiopiques Revue Semestrielle.