Research Areas

French as a Foreign Language,Translation/interpretation pedagogy and practice,African francophone literature,

Profile

Boniface Dokotala is a Lecturer in French in the Languages, Linguistics and Classical Studies Department of the University of Malawi. He holds a Master’s degree in Translation (French/English) from the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) of the University of Buea in Cameroon and a Bachelor’s degree in Education (Humanities, major of French) from the University of Malawi. He is a certified examiner of the DELF French language examinations. He teaches a variety of courses in Translation and Interpretation, African and French Literature, among others. His areas of interest include African francophone literature, translation/interpretation pedagogy and practice, and the teaching of French as a Foreign Language. Email: bdokotala@unima.ac.mw Google Scholar: https://rb.gy/9ymtmu

Publications

• Journal Article
  Dokotala, B. (2026). La retraduction comme quête d’acceptabilité : le cas de deux traductions anglaises de ‘L’Enfant noir’ de Camara Laye. Journal of Languages and Translation, 6(1), pp. 386-299 (2026)
  https://journals.univ-chlef.dz/index.php/jlt/article/view/1065

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• Book Chapters
  Galafa, B. & Dokotala, B. (2025). Protestation dans l’humour numérique malawite pendant la pandémie de Covid-19. In O. Sidibe & A. J. C. Koffi (Eds.), L’humour en temps de crise, pp.123-139. Abidjan: Éditons Kurukanfuga. (2025)
  

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• Journal Article
  Dokotala, B. (2023). Problematising Simplicity: Addressing Comprehension Gaps of RFI's "Le Journal en Français Facile", Journal of Humanities, 31, pp. 81-98. (2023)
  https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jh.v31i2.5

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• Journal Article
  Dokotala, B. (2022) “Culture-Specific Items in the Chichewa Translation of Achebe’s "Things Fall Apart”, Journal of Law and Social Sciences, 4(4), pp. 19-34. (2022)
  https://doi.org/10.53974/unza.jlss.4.4.768

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• Journal Article
  Dokotala, B. & Chilembwe, M. (2018). Représentation de femmes dans "Les soleils des indépendances" d’Ahmadou Kourouma et "C’est le soleil qui m’a brûlée" de Calixthe Beyala, Journal of Humanities, 26, pp. .72-85. (2018)
  https://doi.org/10.4314/JH.V26I1

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• Journal Article
  Dokotala, B. (2016). Représentation féminine de la Culture et de la Tradition dans "C’est le soleil qui m’a brûlée" et "Comment cuisiner son mari à l’africaine" de Calixthe Beyala, Journal of Humanities, 24(4), pp. 107-120. (2016)
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376722478_La_Representation_feminine_de_la_culture_et_de_la_tradition_dans_C'est_le_soleil_qui_m'a_brulee_et_Comment_cuisiner_son_mari_a_l'africaine_de_Calixthe_Beyala

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