By Emmanuel Ngwira This article analyzes how the relationship between fathers and daughters is portrayed...
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Read MoreIn keeping with its mission, and in solidarity with many around the world, the African Literature Association strongly condemns the murder by police officers of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd is only one of many victims of historical violence targeting people of African descent in...
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The following announcement was posted on on James Murua's Literary Blog. Today, Sahifa, a new platform...
Read MoreGuest Editors: Chimalum Nwankwo & Louisa Uchum Egbunike Articles should not exceed 5,000 words, and...
Read MoreWe invite rigorous, theoretically nuanced reflections on these and related questions. Abstracts and panel proposals...
Read MoreSubmissions are accepted until October 30, 2020. Please send single or multiple submissions of poems,...
Read MoreThe Department of English Literatures at Mount Allison University is seeking candidates for a tenure-track...
Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bridge to the Faculty – Francophone Literature and Culture (Job ID...
The French and Francophone Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore...
The Department of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies (CLIS) and the African Studies Institute (ASI)...