Romuald Fonkoua (born 1961 in Cameroon) is a professor of Francophone literature at the Faculty of Letters of Sorbonne University where he directs the International Center for Francophone Studies.

Romuald Fonkoua studied literature in Cameroon and France, earning a doctorate in general and comparative literature from the University of Lille.

Since 2000, he has been a teaching fellow at Middlebury College.

[1] Fonkoua directs the "Lettres francophone" collection of the Sorbonne University Presses (SUP) and co-directs the "Bibliothèque francophone" collection at Classiques Garnier.

[3] Fonkoua's work focuses on questions of general Francophone literature, its history, sociology, and biographies of writers.