by Nathalie Etoke (Author), Bill Hamlett (Translator), Lewis R. Gordon (Foreword by)

Melancholia Africana argues that in the African and Afro-diasporic context, melancholy is rooted in collective experiences such as slavery, colonization, and the post-colony.

Author Biography

Nathalie Etoke is Associate Professor of Francophone and Africana Studies at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Bill Hamlett is a translator, researcher, and teacher of French. He holds master's degrees in French from Middlebury College and in Literary Theory from the École Normale Supérieure.