François Wassouni is a professor of contemporary history at the University of Maroua in Cameroon and also teaches at the University of La Francophonie/Senghor University in Alexandria, Egypt, and the American University of Science and International Development (UNASDI) in Haiti. He has published widely, with numerous books and articles covering topics such as collective memory, the conflicts sparked by its manipulation, the history of technology, material culture, historiography, China’s presence in Africa, and questions of peace and security. He is also a research associate at the University of Montreal, the Centre François Viète d’Épistémologie et d’Histoire des Sciences et Techniques at the University of Nantes, and the University of Western Brittany. He serves on the Scientific Council of the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange-Guépin in Nantes, and has taken part in several international mobility programs, including a residency at the Institute for Advanced Study in Nantes from October 2021 to June 2022.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Sciences humaines, multiculturalisme et intégration nationale au Cameroun. Edited with Hugues Heumen Tchana and Nicodème Glo. Monange, 2025.
- “Les monuments historiques dans l’espace public camerounais: Pour embellir, distraire ou restituer l’histoire vraie? Essai d’analyse des rapports entre monuments et populations”. Anthropos 117 (2022): 435–451.
- Cheikh Anta Diop, Frantz Fanon et Jean-Marc Ela: Des savants au service de l’Afrique. Edited with Anatole Fogou. L’Harmattan, 2022.
- Journal of Sino-African Studies/Revue d’Etudes Sino-Africaines 1, no. 1 (2022): Les études sino-africaines: Un domaine de recherche en chantier. Coordinated by François Wassouni. https://sino-africanstudies.com/index.php/JSAS/fr/issue/view/1.
- “Crise des sources orales et défis de l’écriture de l’histoire au Cameroun”. In Patrimoine et sources de l’histoire du Nord-Cameroun, edited by Hamadou Adama. L’Harmattan, 2016.
- “Les formations politiques et la lutte pour l’indépendance en Afrique: L’exemple du l’Union des Populations du Cameroun (UPC), 1948–1960”. In Entreprise coloniale et luttes de libération en Afrique, edited by Slimane Hachi et al. Conference proceedings of the Second Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algiers, 13–15 July 2009. CNRPAH, 2015.
