MBumatay
@mbumatay.bsky.social
Author of On Black BD and Transcolonial Power: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215821.html
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I'm thrilled to be participating in an exciting comics colloquium next month hosted by Dr. Rocío Pichon-Rivière at UC Irvine!
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm thrilled to be participating in an exciting comics colloquium next month hosted by Dr. Rocío Pichon-Rivière at UC Irvine!
🤩⭐I got my copy of this incredible volume edited by Jen Boum Make and Charly Verstraet w/ a foreword by Jessica Oublié - I'm thrilled to be in such great company!🔥🎉
August 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🤩⭐I got my copy of this incredible volume edited by Jen Boum Make and Charly Verstraet w/ a foreword by Jessica Oublié - I'm thrilled to be in such great company!🔥🎉
I can't wait to welcome Gaspard Njock & Annick Kamgang for the 6th Global Africas event hosted by the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: Comics and the Art of Investigation. For more info: winthropking.fsu.edu/event/6th-gl...
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can't wait to welcome Gaspard Njock & Annick Kamgang for the 6th Global Africas event hosted by the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: Comics and the Art of Investigation. For more info: winthropking.fsu.edu/event/6th-gl...
Exciting news! 1) Drawing (in) the Feminine was nominated for a Comics Studies Society award *and* an Eisner award and 2) the Edinburgh UP page is live for Graphic Narratives of Resistance!🤩🤩 Check it out: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-graphic...
May 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Exciting news! 1) Drawing (in) the Feminine was nominated for a Comics Studies Society award *and* an Eisner award and 2) the Edinburgh UP page is live for Graphic Narratives of Resistance!🤩🤩 Check it out: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-graphic...
For those in SoCal, I'll be talking about my book at Pomona College 💙 (4/25) and UCLA (4/28) 🩵💛 - I hope to see some of you there! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... @ohiostatepress.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For those in SoCal, I'll be talking about my book at Pomona College 💙 (4/25) and UCLA (4/28) 🩵💛 - I hope to see some of you there! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... @ohiostatepress.bsky.social
What a gift to spend two days with Felwine Sarr during the Afrotopias conference! ✨🌟
April 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What a gift to spend two days with Felwine Sarr during the Afrotopias conference! ✨🌟
I'm *so* looking forward to the 5th Global Africas event next week: the Afrotopias Conference featuring Felwine Sarr! For more info & the program: winthropking.fsu.edu/event/5th-gl...
March 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm *so* looking forward to the 5th Global Africas event next week: the Afrotopias Conference featuring Felwine Sarr! For more info & the program: winthropking.fsu.edu/event/5th-gl...
I'm looking forward to participating in this workshop on comics & language classes at Pomona College and to the book talk I'll be giving at UCLA the following week!💙💛
March 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm looking forward to participating in this workshop on comics & language classes at Pomona College and to the book talk I'll be giving at UCLA the following week!💙💛
I can't wait to welcome director Thierno Souleymane Diallo to campus this weekend for a screening & Q&A of his documentary "The Cemetery of Cinema"!🤩
March 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I can't wait to welcome director Thierno Souleymane Diallo to campus this weekend for a screening & Q&A of his documentary "The Cemetery of Cinema"!🤩
Can't wait to discuss my book with everyone at UMass Lowell - un grand merci à Kristen Stern!
March 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Can't wait to discuss my book with everyone at UMass Lowell - un grand merci à Kristen Stern!
Can't wait for the Tout-Monde Foundation & Winthrop-King Institute Homo Sargassum symposium at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts & I'm honored to participate with Mora Beauchamp-Byrd & Henri Tauliaut to discuss comics, art, and the environment!🤩 www.tout-monde-foundation.org/copy-of-homo...
February 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Can't wait for the Tout-Monde Foundation & Winthrop-King Institute Homo Sargassum symposium at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts & I'm honored to participate with Mora Beauchamp-Byrd & Henri Tauliaut to discuss comics, art, and the environment!🤩 www.tout-monde-foundation.org/copy-of-homo...
🤩✨I got my copy of On Black BD & Transcolonial Power! Get yours too ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... my deepest thanks to everyone at @ohiostatepress.bsky.social esp the series editors @seehatfield.bsky.social & @rawreader.bsky.social 🩵
February 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🤩✨I got my copy of On Black BD & Transcolonial Power! Get yours too ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... my deepest thanks to everyone at @ohiostatepress.bsky.social esp the series editors @seehatfield.bsky.social & @rawreader.bsky.social 🩵
The new issue of Imaginaries is up & its on bandes dessinées including Jessica Oublié's #tropiquestoxiques & Marcelino Truong's 40 Men and 12 Rifles h-france.net/imaginaries/
February 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The new issue of Imaginaries is up & its on bandes dessinées including Jessica Oublié's #tropiquestoxiques & Marcelino Truong's 40 Men and 12 Rifles h-france.net/imaginaries/
📢 The final draft of the 5th Global Africas: Afrotopias Conference program is live: winthropking.fsu.edu/5th-global-a... I'm looking forward to what promises to be a rich engagement with and expansion on Felwine Sarr's #Afrotopia 🤩
February 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
📢 The final draft of the 5th Global Africas: Afrotopias Conference program is live: winthropking.fsu.edu/5th-global-a... I'm looking forward to what promises to be a rich engagement with and expansion on Felwine Sarr's #Afrotopia 🤩
My students' collaborative comments on the Sarr-Savoy report are clear-sighted & give me hope for whatever comes next!
January 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My students' collaborative comments on the Sarr-Savoy report are clear-sighted & give me hope for whatever comes next!
Finalizing my "Francophone Afrotopias" seminar syllabus & I can't wait to share Bodys Isek Kingelez's art (at the Chicago Art Institute now!) & screen Mati Diop's "Dahomey" in preparation for Felwine Sarr's keynote during the 5th Global Africas event, the "Afrotopias" conference! 🤩
January 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Finalizing my "Francophone Afrotopias" seminar syllabus & I can't wait to share Bodys Isek Kingelez's art (at the Chicago Art Institute now!) & screen Mati Diop's "Dahomey" in preparation for Felwine Sarr's keynote during the 5th Global Africas event, the "Afrotopias" conference! 🤩
Tb to the 67th ASA meeting where I ran into Duncan Yoon & my incredible co-panelists Naminata Diabaté, Aliko Songolo, Hilary Jones, & Ousseina Alidou (not pictured). Looking forward to more discussions following the "Global Black French Studies: Exploring Global Histories &Thought" panel!
January 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tb to the 67th ASA meeting where I ran into Duncan Yoon & my incredible co-panelists Naminata Diabaté, Aliko Songolo, Hilary Jones, & Ousseina Alidou (not pictured). Looking forward to more discussions following the "Global Black French Studies: Exploring Global Histories &Thought" panel!
Looking forward to the 67th ASA & participating in the roundtable "Global Black French Studies: Exploring Global Histoires and Thought" w/ Aliko Songolo, Naminata Diabate, Ousseina Alidou, & Hilary Jones! A très bientôt!
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December 10, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Looking forward to the 67th ASA & participating in the roundtable "Global Black French Studies: Exploring Global Histoires and Thought" w/ Aliko Songolo, Naminata Diabate, Ousseina Alidou, & Hilary Jones! A très bientôt!
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Final proofs! I'm looking forward to sharing this with everyone!🤩
November 27, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Final proofs! I'm looking forward to sharing this with everyone!🤩
🔊🔊 CFP deadline Nov. 25 for the 5th Global Africas Conference: AFROTOPIAS (April 2025) with Felwine Sarr hosted by the Winthrop-King Institute Please apply and share widely! winthropking.fsu.edu/event/5th-gl...
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
🔊🔊 CFP deadline Nov. 25 for the 5th Global Africas Conference: AFROTOPIAS (April 2025) with Felwine Sarr hosted by the Winthrop-King Institute Please apply and share widely! winthropking.fsu.edu/event/5th-gl...