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“Daughterly texts”: fathers and their daughters in Zoë Wicomb’s You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun

July 29, 2020October 16, 2020

By Emmanuel Ngwira This article analyzes how the relationship between fathers and daughters is portrayed...

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Traumatic memory, autobiography and history in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s memoirs and A Grain of Wheat

May 13, 2020October 16, 2020

By Syned Mthatiwa The publication of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s childhood memoirs, Dreams in a Time...

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Bearing witness and documenting suffering in two Moroccan prison memoirs: Tazmamart: Cell 10 and from Skhirat to Tazmamart: a round trip ticket to hell

April 30, 2020October 16, 2020

By Elham T. Hussein This paper compares and contrasts two Moroccan prison memoirs: Tazmamart: Cell...

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Lake lore: a study of lacustrine artistic representations in the Malawian imaginary

April 20, 2020October 16, 2020

By Ken Junior Lipenga Lake Malawi, with its flora and fauna, exists as a pervasive...

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An appeal for the salvation of the cultural heritage of Tigray

The ALA joins other scholars in supporting the statement below. See the original statement here. We have been following the reports on the military conflict that has erupted between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the Regional Government of Tigray...

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The ALA welcomes additional voluntary contributions. To make your donation, follow the directions on this page. You will be taken to the ALA's secure donation page, operated by PayPal. You can choose to donate with a credit/bank card or a...

Calls For Papers

RAL Special Issue on Ama Ata Aidoo

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

CALL FOR PAPERS—RAL Special Issue on Ama Ata Aidoo Guest Editors: Esther Pujolras-Noguer and Kwaku...

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Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets – APBF

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

The African Poetry Book Fund, in partnership with Prairie Schooner and the University of Nebraska, promotes and...

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Announcing Sahifa, a new platform for research, journalism, art, and literature.

October 16, 2020October 18, 2020

The following announcement was posted on on James Murua's Literary Blog. Today, Sahifa, a new platform...

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CFP: ALT 39 Speculative/Science Fiction

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

Guest Editors: Chimalum Nwankwo & Louisa Uchum Egbunike Articles should not exceed 5,000 words, and...

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Job Postings

Part-Time Lecturers – French – Tufts University

Tufts UniversityDepartment of Romance StudiesPART-TIME LECTURERS IN FRENCH BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED LANGUAGE COURSES Tufts...

Harvard University – Lecturer – African Lit/Cultural Studies

Lecturer in African Literary and Cultural Studies Faculty of Arts and Sciences African and African...

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship – Hobart William and Smith Colleges

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 2021-2022 Fisher Center Pre-doctoral Fellowship   SUMMARY: Description In keeping...

Assoc. Professor – Translation and Interpreting Studies

  Associate Professor - Translation and Interpreting Studies (School of Literature, Languages & Media Studies)...

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