Kasereka Kavwahirehi, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

L'essai francophone africain : de la négritude à l'"afropolitanisme"
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$87,402
Le discours négro-africain et la crise de la modernité
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$62,262
Entre le local et le global : les savoirs à l'oeuvre dans le roman africain
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$59,632

All 3 grants and awards

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L'essai francophone africain : de la négritude à l'"afropolitanisme"

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kavwahirehi, Kasereka

Keywords: essai francophone; littérature africaine; champ littéraire; esthétique; pragmatique; thématique; théorie du genre; sociologie de la littérature; Afrique Subsaharienne

$87,402

Le discours négro-africain et la crise de la modernité

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Kavwahirehi, Kasereka

Keywords: lttératures francophones; Afrique; Antilles françaises; colonialisme; modernité; eurocentrisme; humanisme; universalisme; racisme; négritude; décolonisation; Césaire; Senghor; Fanon; Damas; transmodernité; Dussel; postcolonialisme; transculturalité

$62,262

Entre le local et le global : les savoirs à l'oeuvre dans le roman africain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kavwahirehi, Kasereka

Keywords: littératures Africaines; savoirs locaux; savoirs institutionnels; colonisation; globalisation; Afrique centrale et Afrique de l'Ouest; épistémocritique; théorie postcoloniale; sciences humaines; appropriation des savoirs; décoloniser les sciences humaine

$59,632

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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