Dima, Vlad: - Vlad Dima is Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University, USA. His books include Sonic Space in Djibril Diop Mambety's Films (2017), The Beautiful Skin: Football, Fantasy, and Cinematic Bodies in Africa (2020), and Meaninglessness: Time, Rhythm, and the Undead in in Postcolonial Cinema (2022). He has published numerous articles, mainly on French and francophone cinemas, but also on Francophone literature, comics, American cinema, and television.