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Pulsations 4 The Stony Brook University Africana Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences Review edited by Patrice Nganang published by Teham Éditions Contents 4 - INSTEAD OF AN EDITORIAL Corcraft products — Four principles 8 - KANGSEN FEKA WAKAI Poems — (Baptism, Afro Deep Science, Pray, Verdict) 13 - MIHO KINNAS & E. ETHELBERT MILLER Poems — Five Twoness (Coyote, The Fall, The Magical Narrative, In the Absence of Doves, Forever) 21 - KEBEDECH TEKLEAB Artworks — Paintings 32 - SHIMELIS BONSA GULEMA Article — Recalibrating Pan-Africanism for a Changing World 50 - MUEPU MUAMBA Poems — (Afrique, L’arnaque, Immortalité, Incertitude, Ce Nom D’homme, Mes Cinq Principes de Vie, Geyser D’amour) 70 - MARY SEYMOUR Poems — (Choose l Chose) 71 - D. VANCE SMITH Article — African Futuretrees 78 - MARZOUKA OUMMOU HANI Manuscripts 81 - TAHAR BEN JELLOUN Article — L’Écrivain public (Extrait) 85 - TAHAR BEN JELLOUN Article — The Public Scribe (Excerpt), translated from the French by Rita S. Nezami 89 - RITA NEZAMI ROFOTPS — (Portrait. The Rooftop: A Culture-Specific Feminine Space in North Africa) 104 - LIONEL MANGA Article — La Suffocation 114 - KANGSEN YASSAY MASANGO Poems — Bubbles 118 - HAMZA Portrait — Amba combattant 120 - CHARLES MUIR LOVELL Photos — New Orleans Photos 132 - PATRICE NGANANG Article — Writing a Country Into Literature – A Lecture 143 - PATRICE NGANANG Article — Maryse Condé est Morte et Richard Philcox est Veuf 145 - DEPARTMENT’S STATEMENT Statement 148 - OVATION Thanking, Honoring, Ovationing