Pierre-Philippe Fraiture

I teach postcolonial literatures and have published on the former Belgian Congo, the DRC and the Congolese philosopher VY Mudimbe. I am now exploring extractivism (and mining) in an African context and via figures such as Sammy Baloji, Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Sinzo Aanza.

Recent publications include:
Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe. (2024). Digging holes, excavating the present, mining the future: extractivism, time, and memory in Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s and Sammy Baloji’s works. Modern & Contemporary France, 32(1), 139–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639489.2023.2244906

Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe, Congolese Cultural Production in Africa and the World, French Studies, Volume 78, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 101–127, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/knad236

Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe, Langues congolaises et littérature africaine: entretien avec Richard Ali A Mutu, French Studies, Volume 78, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 128–137, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/knad235

Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe, Unfinished Histories: Empire and Postcolonial Resonance in Central Africa and Belgium, 2022, Leuven University Press, 426pp. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59183