JALA

Journal of the African Literature Association

The ALA announces new editor starting January, 2026.

After almost six years, Moradewun Adejunmobi has stepped down from her position as the JALA Editor in Chief at the end of December 2025. Under Professor Adejunmobi's dedicated stewardship the journal has steadily enhanced its reputation and its reach, and the Executive Council wishes to express its profound gratitude to her for her outstanding service.
We are pleased to announce that the ALA Executive Council has voted to confirm Kunle George as the new Editor in Chief for JALA, effective January 1 2026, and he has accepted this appointment. Please join us in congratulating Professor George and welcoming him to the position. For any questions regarding the journal, you may contact him using the email address below:

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The Journal of The African Literature Association (JALA), founded in 2006, is the flagship journal of the African Literature Association (ALA). Its mission is to publish highest quality peer-reviewed articles on the oral, literary, and related arts of Africa and the African Diaspora. Published essays reflect the range of primary materials and critical methodologies that are of key interest to the field . The journal also publishes book reviews review essays, interviews, and forums.

JALA is published by Taylor & Francis, a publisher of quality peer-reviewed journals under the Routledge and Taylor & Francis imprints.

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Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief
Olakunle George, Brown University, USA

Board of Editors
Moradewun Adejunmobi, University of California, Davis, USA
Odile Cazenave, Boston University, USA
Carli Coetzee, UK
Gaurav Desai, University of Michigan, USA
Akachi Ezeigbo, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria
Carmela Garritano, Texas A&M University, USA
Grace Musila, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Evan Mwangi, Northwestern University, USA
Ghirmai Negash, Ohio University, USA
Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi, North Carolina State University, USA
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma, Emory University, USA
Phyllis Taoua, University of Arizona, USA

Editorial Advisory Board
Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́, Ohio State University, USA
Charlotte Baker, Lancaster University, UK
Sule Egya, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Nathalie Etoke, CUNY, USA
Chielozona Eze, Carleton College, USA
Ken Lipenga, University of Malawi, Malawi
Lokangaka Losambe, University of Vermont, USA
Cilas Kemedjio, University of Rochester, USA
Luís Madureira, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
Edgar Nabutanyi, Makerere University, Uganda
Gĩchingiri Ndĩgĩrĩgĩ, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Dorothy Odartey-Wellington, University of Guelph, Canada
Wumi Raji, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Lynda Gichanda Spencer, Rhodes University, South Africa

Book and Media Reviews Editors
Stephanie Bosch Santana, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Tobias Warner, University of California, Davis, USA