| Intro | Senegalese writer, economist and musician |
| Is |
Writer Economist Musician |
| From | Senegal |
| Type |
Finance Literature Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 11 September 1972 |
| Age: | 47 years |
| Star sign | Virgo |
Felwine Sarr (born 11 September 1972) is a Senegalese scholar and writer born in Sine Saloum, Niodior Arrondissement. He studied Economics and has taught at the Gaston Berger University (Senegal) since 2007.
Biography
Born on 11 September 1972, Felwine Sarr conducted his primary and secondary education in Senegal, and then went to France where he obtained an agrégation in Economics. In 2011, he becomes dean of the Economics and Management faculty of the University Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis, and head of the new faculty of Civilizations, Religions, Arts and Communication (CRAC) of the same university, and for which he is in charge of the implementation. His lectures and academics researches focus on economic policies, development, economy, econometrics, epistemology and history of religious ideas.
Literary career
Sarr is also a writer and has been awarded the Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2016 (Research Category) for his work entitled “Afrotopia”. He has published to date DAHIJ (Gallimard, 2009), 105 Rue Carnot (Mémoire d’Encrier, 2011), Médiations Africaines (Mémoire d’Encrier, 20012) and “Afrotopia” (Philippe Rey, 2016), which is an essay wherein he appeals to a conceptual decolonization and a reappropriation of the metaphors of their future by the Africans. As a musician he has published three musical pieces thus far: Civilisation ou Barbarie (2000), Les Mots du Récit (2005), and Bassai (2007).
Awards
- Abdoulaye Fadiga prize for research in Economics 2010.
- Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2016 (Research Category).
Discography
- 2000: Civilisation ou barbarie
- 2005: Les mots du récit
- 2007: Bassaï