Boukary Sawadogo

Associate Professor of Film

Founding director of the Harlem African Animation Festival.

Main Affiliation

Media and Communication Arts

Additional Departments/Affiliated Programs

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • African Cinemas
  • Animation and Gaming in Africa
  • Harlem
  • African Immigration in New York
  • African Film and Media Industry

Building

Shepard Hall

Office

469

Phone

646-887-7593

212-650-8953

Email

bsawadogo@ccny.cuny.edu

Boukary Sawadogo

Boukary Sawadogo

Profile

Born in Côte d’Ivoire, Dr. Boukary Sawadogo was educated in Burkina Faso, Senegal and the USA. His research and teaching interests are focused on African cinema, documentary and Black world experience. Boukary has published extensively on Francophone African cinema, including a book Les Cinémas francophones ouest africains, 1900-2005. HIs documentary Salut Y'al: African Teachers on the Bayou was selected by the 2013 African World Documentary Film Festival. 

The newest directions of Boukary's research include the study of comedy and digital technologies in African cinemas, African TV series, and the questions of identity and mobility in the African diaspora. In that regard, Boukary is currently working on his second book project on comedy and entertainment in African cinema. 

Publications

African Film Studies: An Introduction 2nd Edition (Routledge, 2022)
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1032160233
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1032160238
Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story (Fordham University Press, 2022)
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 0823299120
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0823299126
West African Screen Media: Comedy, TV Series, and Transnationalization (Michigan State University Press, 2019)
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1611863112
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1611863116
African Film Studies: An Introduction 1st Edition (Routledge 2018)
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1138579386
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1138579385
Les cinémas francophones ouest africains, 1990-2005 (Harmattan, 2013)
  • ISBN-10: ‎2296998275
  • ISBN-13: ‎978-2296998278