[3] His 2002 book, Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa, focuses on the works of Emmanuel Dongala, Henri Lopès and Sony Lab'ou Tansi, and the way politicians in the Republic of the Congo have used them to craft a narrative of nationalism.
Reviewing it for The International Journal of African Historical Studies, professor Phyllis Taoua of the University of Arizona dismissed the book as "a bit thin", adding that it "sheds a rather dim light on the current realities in that deeply troubled region.
"[4] Professor Claire L. Dehon of Kansas State University agreed, concluding, "Had the author widened his scope of analysis beyond the Congo and explored, even briefly, other national literatures in Francophone Africa, the book would have been more deserving of its title.
"[7] His 2007 book, Black France: Colonialism, Immigration, and Transnationalism, is a study of comparative literature by francophone African authors like Alain Mabanckou, Bernard Binlin Dadié, Calixthe Beyala, Camara Laye, Fatou Diome, Ferdinand Oyono, Ousmane Sembène, etc.
[11] In The French Review, professor Marjorie Attignol Salvodon of Suffolk University adds that the book "examines the fraught history of the colonial relationship between France and several sub-Saharan African countries with intelligence and lucidity.