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NATIONAL FRENCH WEEK:LA SEMAINE DU FRANÇAISNOVEMBER 5-11, 2007 & 2008 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF USEFUL RESOURCES ON LA FRANCOPHONIE
For those of you who wish to focus on la Francophonie during National French Week, here are a number of sources for additional information and materials.
THE ANTILLES/CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Books:
- Berlitz Travel Guide: French West Indies. Lausanne: Berlitz Press, 1989/1990.
- Birnbaum’s 95 Caribbean. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
- DeMers, John. Caribbean Cooking. Los Angeles: HP Books, 1989 [recipes and section on ingredients, pp. 14-23].
- Fowler, Virginie F. and George A. Elbert. Down-Island Caribbean Cookery. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991, “The Caribbean Cupboard,” pp. 22-48.
- Grant, Rosamund. Caribbean and African Cooking. Brooklyn: Interlink Books, 1993.
- Harris, Jessica B. Sky Juice and Flying Fish: Traditional Caribbean Cooking. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991 [ingredients and utensils, pp. 49-72].
- Howard, Michael. Eyewitness Art: Gauguin. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1992.
- Berlitz Guide de Voyage: Antilles Françaises. Oxford: Berlitz Press, 1995/96.
- Contes créoles d’Haïti. Collection Fleuve et Flamme, série bilingue. Paris: Conseil International de la Langue Française [short stories in French; see helpful addresses].
- Une Semaine en Gaudeloupe. Paris: Marco Polo/Hachette, 1997.
- Une Semaine en Martinique. Paris: Marco Polo/Hachette, 1997.
- Antilles. Video Guides Hachette. 55 minutes. French [cassette sold with a mini-guide, available from Bonjour America; see helpful addresses].
- Flaccus, David. Glimpses of Martinique. Roanoke: Teacher's Discovery, 1996. 22 min. [includes tapescript; narration is mainly in English with eight French interviews]. www.teachersdiscovery.com
- French Folk Dancing, Vol. 1 [has the Contra-danse from Haiti; can be ordered from Gessler].
- Rue Cases-Nègres [video plus lesson plans available from FilmArobics, Inc.; see helpful addresses].
- La Compagnie Créole: “Le Bal masqué,” “Ma première biguine partie”
- Philippe Lavil. Kole Sere: “Fort de France”
- Poster of Martinique. Teacher’s Discovery; Tel: (800) TEACHER.
THE MAGHREB
Books:
- Baedeker’s Tunisia. New York: Prentice Hall, 1992.
- Betty Crocker’s New International Cookbook. New York: Prentice Hall, 1989.
- Cowart, Jack and Pierre Schneider. Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990.
- Crowther, Geoff and Hugh Finlay. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: A Travel Survival Kit. Berkeley: Lonely Planet, 1992.
- Lukins, Sheila. All Around the World Cookbook. New York: Workman Publishing, 1994.
- Olaore, Ola. Traditional African Cooking. London: Foulsham, 1990.
- Reid, William, Jr. 100 Craft Projects from Around the World, “Folk Art and Crafts of the Arab World,” pp. 173-184. Portland: J. Weston Walch, 1982.
- Shabbas, Audrey and Ayad Al-Quazzaz, eds. Arab World Notebook: Secondary School Level. Berkeley: Najda, 1989.
- Contes d’Algérie. Collection Fleuve et Flamme. Paris: Conseil International de la Langue Française, 1988.
- Contes Maghrébins. Collection Fleuve et Flamme. Paris: Conseil International de la Langue Française, 1981.
- Marrakesh and Fez. 30 minutes. 1995. International Video Network [available from Fusion Video; see helpful addresses].
- Morocco: A Bridge Across Time. From Video Visits. 53 minutes [available from International Video Network; see helpful addresses].
- The Morocco Experience. From Lonely Planet. 47 minutes [available from International Video Network; see helpful addresses].
- Morocco: Crossroads of Time. CD and 64-page book. Ellipsis Arts, Roslyn, NY, 1995.
Books:
- Faul, Michael A. The Story of Africa and Her Flags to Color. Santa Barbara: Bellerophon Books, 1991.
- Grant, Rosamund. Caribbean and African Cooking. New York: Interlink Books, 1993 [glossary with illustrations].
- Grunfeld, Frederic, ed. Games of the World: How to Make Them, How to Play Them, How They Came to Be. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1975 [information on Wari, Yote, and an African string game].
- Hafner, Dorinda. A Taste of Africa. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1993.
- Harris, Colin. A Taste of West Africa. New York: Thomson Learning, 1995.
- Kopka, Matthew and Iris Brooks, eds. Jali Kunda: Griots of West Africa and Beyond. Roslyn, NY: Ellipsis Arts, 1996 [96-page book and CD set].
- Mang, Christa. Senegal. New York: Gessler Publishing, 1991.
- Olaore, Ola. Traditional African Cooking. London: Foulsham, 1990.
- Sandler, Bea. The African Cookbook: Menus and Recipes from Eleven African Countries and the Island of Zanzibar. New York: Carol Publishing, 1993 [a section on Senegal: foods and how dinner is served].
- Contes des lagunes et des savanes. (Fleuve et Flamme) Paris: EDICEF, 1983.
- Contes et légendes Soninké. (Fleuve et Flamme) Paris: EDICEF, 1978.
- Contes et mythes du Sénégal. Collection Fleuve et Flamme. Paris: EDICEF, 1986.
- L’Enfant rusé et d’autres contes bambara. Collection Fleuve et Flamme. Paris: EDICEF, 1984.
- Afrique francophone. 52 minutes [interviews, ads, songs, etc. from a number of French-speaking countries. Available through FACSEA].
- Glimpses of West Africa. 31 minutes. New York: Gessler [both English and French versions available] .
- Ma journée en français, 30 minutes, 1990 [video visits to six Francophone areas including Senegal, Benin, and Reunion; each visit is narrated by a child who takes you through a typical day in his/her country; available through PICS].
- West Africa: Benin, Mali and Burkina Faso. 45 minutes. Lonely Planet Publications, 1996.
- Posters of Adrinka symbols and Kente cloth. Available from Sankofa Educultural Consultancy; see helpful addresses.
Books:
- Barrow, Terence. The Art of Tahiti and the Neighbouring Society, Austral and Cook Islands. London: Thames and Hudson, 1979.
- Bennett, Victor. The South Pacific Cookbook. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1970.
- Goodwin, Bill. Frommer’s South Pacific, fifth ed. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Islands of Tahiti. Trans. Lisa Neumeier-Anderle. Bora Bora: Kea Editions, 1993 [available through Petra Dorris; see helpful addresses].
- Metken, Gunter. Gauguin in Tahiti: The First Journey, Paintings 1891-1893. New York: W.W. Norton Co. , 1992.
- Cachin, Françoise. Gauguin: Ce malgré moi de sauvage. Paris: Gallimard, 1989 [Tahiti: chapter 4, pp. 67-91].
- Durand, Alain. Guides Hachette VISA: À Tahiti. Paris: Hachette, 1989.
- Gauguin, Paul. Les Lettres à sa femme et à ses amis. Paris: Grasset, 1946.
- Légendes tahitiennes. Collection Fleuve et Flamme. Tr. Louise Peltzer. Paris: Conseil International de la Langue Française [see helpful addresses].
- Tahiti. 33 minutes. 1992. Rand McNally Video Traveller Collection [available from International Video Network; see helpful addresses].
- Islands of the South Pacific. Video Visits. 75 minutes. 1992. International Video Network [available from Fusion Video; see helpful addresses].
- Many audio cassettes available from Petra Dorris; see helpful addresses.
| Poster: Tahiti. Available from Teacher’s Discovery. | |
| Calendar; postcards. Available from Petra Dorris; see helpful addresses. |
HELPFUL ADDRESSES
AMIDEAST1730 M Street, NW Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 776-9600
AWAIR
[Arab World Notebook, books on Islamic
art]
Arab World and Islamic Resources
1865 Euclid Avenue, Suite 4
Berkeley, CA 94709
Tel: (510) 704-0517
Bonjour America Inc.
116 Consumer Square
Suite 258
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Conseil
International de la Langue Française
11, rue de Navarin
75009 Paris, France
Ellipsis Arts . . .
20 Lumber Road
Roslyn, NY 11576-9894
Tel: (800) 788-6670
FACSEA
(Society for French American Cultural
Services)
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Tel: (212) 439-1439
FilmArobics,
Inc.
9 Birmingham Place
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
Tel: (800) 832-2448
French West Indies Tourist Board
610 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10020
Fusion Video
17311 Fusion Way
Country Club Hills, IL 60478
Tel: (800) 959-0061
International Video Network
212 Tucker Street
Healdsburg, CA
95448-4423
Tel: (800) 360-4486
La Librairie du Pacifique
32, rue Monsieur-le-Prince
75006 Paris, France
National Office of Moroccan Tourism
20 East 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 557-2520
Office Départemental du Tourisme de
la Guadeloupe
5, square de la Banque
97181 Pointe-à-Pitre Cedex
Guadeloupe, French West Indies
Office Départemental du Tourisme de
la Martinique
Boîte postale 520
97206 Fort-de-France Cedex
Martinique, French West Indies
Petra M. Dorris, South Seas Imports
3717 Division Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Tel: (800) 668-2448
Sankofa Educultural Consultancy
Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa
2211 Amherst Road
Hyattsville, MD 20783
Tel: (301) 422-0540
Tahiti Tourist Promotion Board
300 N. Continental Blvd., Suite 180
El Segundo CA 90245