 Wise later translated Ouologuem’s works into English in his book, ‘’The Yambo Ouologuem Reader.’’ Wise’s works on Ouologuem have contributed towards a reconsideration of Ouologuem’s writings at a time that he had been discredited due to plagiarism controversies.In 2001, Wise edited a collection of writings by Sahelian writers entitled ‘’The Desert Shore’’ that included political essays by the slain Burkinabe journalist Norbert Zongo.Obed Nkunzimana called ‘’The Desert Shore,’’ “A substantial scholarly, humanistic, and ethnical contribution to the understanding of Africa in general and the Sahel in particular.”  Wise also translated Zongo's ‘’The Parachute Drop’’ into English in 2004, a novel about a corrupt West African dictator which was based on figures like Mobutu Seku Sese and Blaise Compaore.