Name: Robert Cancel
Associate Professor, Literature
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1981
M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1977
Field of Expertise: Cancel is an expert on Caribbean and
Arican literature and Third World Studies.
Region of Interest: Caribbean and Africa
Media Interview Topics:
Selected Publications:
"'Come Back South Africa': Cinematic Representations of Apartheid over Three Eras of Resistance." A chapter in Focus on African Film, edited by Francoise Pfaff, Indiana University Press, 2004.
"Gestures of Belonging and Claiming Birth Rights: Short Stories by Bessie Head and Ama Ata Aidoo." Critical Perspectives on Bessie Head, Huma Ibrahim, ed. Africa World Press, 2002.
