Research Interests for Stephen Smith

Smith graduated in anthropology at the Sorbonne in Paris and obtained his Ph.D. in 1983 from Berlin’s Free University. The former deputy editor of the foreign desk at Le Monde and, previously, Africa editor of Libération, he worked for many years as traveling correspondent in Africa for Reuters and Radio France International. He is the (co-)author of sixteen monographs, of country reports (Nigeria, CAR) for the International Crisis Group and consultancies for the UN, in addition to numerous journalistic and academic publications. He contributes to the London Review of Books and also works as historical consultant for the film industry (Whisper to A Roar, Plot for Peace). Olivier Assayas’s film Carlos, which won in 2010 a Golden Globe and both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award and the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Language Film, is based on his research.

Keywords:

Africa, Literary collections, Sub-Saharan Africa, demographic trends ("youth bulge), Franco-African relations

Recent Publications

1. Carayannis, T; Lombard, L, Making Sense of the Central African Republic (July, 2015), pp. 256 pages, Zed Books, ISBN 9781783603800 [abs]
2. Smith, S, Behind France’s Foray into Mali, Current History, A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs (May, 2013), pp. 163-169
3. Smith, SW, France in Africa: A New Chapter?, CURRENT HISTORY, vol. 112 no. 754 (May, 2013), pp. 163-168, CURRENT HIST INC, ISSN 0011-3530 [Gateway.cgi]
4. GLASER, A; SMITH, SW, Sarko en Afrique (January, 2011), pp. 152 pages, Plon, ISBN 9782259213684 [abs]
5. Smith, SW, Sudan: In a Procrustean Bed with Crisis, International Negotiation, vol. 16 no. 1 (2011), pp. 169-189, Brill, ISSN 1382-340X [doi] [abs]