Olivier Barlet  Olivier Barlet (born 1952) is a French journalist, film critic, scholar of African cinema and translator. Olivier Barlet was born in Paris in 1952, and studied business at EAP-ESCP and in Germany. From 1997 to 2004 he was editor-in-chief of the journal "Africultures". He has also translated several books on Africa and by African authors.