Valérie Orlando is Associate Professor of French & Francophone Literatures in the Department of French & Italian at the University of Maryland, College Park.  She is the author of three books and numerous articles on Francophone women’s writing from the African diaspora, African Cinema, and French literature and culture. 

 Department of French & Italian

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

3215 Jiménez Hall

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742-4815

 Tel (office): 301-405-4027

 Fax: 301-314-9752

Email: vorlando@umd.edu

Web site:

Porte, Chefchaouen, Maroc

Les chats de Chefchaouen, Maroc, 2007