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- Janis_Mayes abstract "Dr. Janis Alene Mayes is a leading American author, literary critic,literary translator and professor in Africana literature. She has made literary contributions in French- and English-language literature in the African Diaspora. Her specialties are in French translation literary practices. She has translated ground-breaking anthologies and books in francophone literatures. Her translation of A Rain of Words is the first comprehensive anthology of francophone poetry and includes work from 47 authors not well known outside of francophone literature. She is also the pioneer and director of the first American study abroad program that examines the historical connections between African Americans and \"Black Paris\", entitled Paris Noir. The Syracuse University program has been influential in shaping Africana-focused cultural programs at leading museums in Paris such as the Louvre. This original specialized program has also gained notoriety by attracting students from universities across the USA including Spelman, Agnes Scott, and George Washington University and Hampton University. It has brought students to Paris to meet in scholarship with world-renowned artists whp are connected to the intellectual, artistic, and historical Black French experience, such as Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sonia Sanchez and Toni Morrison. She was a board member of the Toni Morrison Society. In 2004, she participated in public conversations with Toni Morrison in Paris at the Theatre de la Madeleine after the unveiling of a bench commemorating the end of slavery in France. She has also organized cultural literary conferences, including an event with Discover Paris! that celebrated the literary contribution of Toni Morrison to the African diaspora.".
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- Janis_Mayes comment "Dr. Janis Alene Mayes is a leading American author, literary critic,literary translator and professor in Africana literature. She has made literary contributions in French- and English-language literature in the African Diaspora. Her specialties are in French translation literary practices. She has translated ground-breaking anthologies and books in francophone literatures.".
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