Journal of Literary Multilingualism ISSN: 2667-324X Call for Papers Special Issue 3/2023: Literary Self-Translation in the 21st Century: A Global View Literary self-translation is defined as the phenomenon of authors translating their own writing and producing more than one linguistic Read More …
Author: Matthew Brown
CFP: MLA 2022 Panel on Tejumola Olaniyan
MLA 2022 (San Francisco) LLC African to 1990: Calls for Papers Tejumola Olaniyan (1959-2019): Critical Legacies in Black and African Cultural Studies We seek papers that engage with the work of Tejumola Olaniyan in black and African cultural studies, including Read More …
Director of the African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center at James Madison University
James Madison University (JMU) is seeking applicants for the Director of the African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center. We are looking for an advanced associate or full professor appointable in any of the ten academic departments of the College Read More …
CFP: Aquatic Cartographies: Oceanic Imaginaries, Histories and Identities
Aquatic Cartographies: Oceanic Imaginaries, Histories and IdentitiesRatnakara. Indian Ocean Literatures and CulturesUniversitat de Lleida, Catalonia (Spain) 21-22 July 2022 Confirmed Plenary Speakers:Tina Steiner, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaKumari Issur, University of Mauritius, MauritiusImraan Coovadia, University of Cape Town, South Africa Despite Read More …
CFP: MLA 2023 – Literary Prizes, Prestige, and Contemporary African Literatures
“MLA 2023: Literary Prizes, Prestige, and Contemporary African Literatures” An unprecedented wave of literary prizes were awarded to African writers in the past year. These include awards for Abdulrazakh Gurnah (Nobel), Boubacar Boris Diop (Neustadt), David Diop (Man-Booker), Mohamed Mbougar Read More …
CFP: Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography
“CALL FOR PAPERS” The editorial team of the Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography (EJAB) is seeking manuscripts for their upcoming issue(s) in 2022. EJAB is a refereed, online, open access journal of annotated bibliographies and bibliographic essays. Originally published Read More …
CFP: Children’s Africana Book Awards
The Children’s African Book Awards invites suggestions of titles to be considered for the category of “New Adult” books. The award recognizes a a book by an African author marketed to adults but suitable for mature high school students. Preferably, Read More …
CFP: The African Novel in the 21st Century: New Vistas of Postcolonial Discourse
The resurgence of the African novel in the 21st century marks a renaissance of creative expression that invigorates the genre. A new generation of African writers conveys the transformative landscape of the global age in compelling fictional works that launch Read More …
CFP: Rhétorique et Argumentation dans les textes (africains) francophones.
Appel à communication : Projet de livre (ouvrage collectif) sur : Rhétorique et Argumentation dans les textes (africains) francophones. Bien que la rhétorique et l’argumentation aient été théorisées par l’Occident (Platon, Aristote, Socrate, Perelman, l’école américaine, etc), dans la pratique ces deux Read More …
CFP: African Literature Comes of Age
AFRICAN LITERATURE TODAY (ALT) 40African Literature Comes of AgeCall for Papers The publication of the seminal volume African Literature Comes of Age, by C.D. Narasimhaiah (India) and Ernest N. Emenyonu (Nigeria), in 1988 generated the consciousness that African Literature had Read More …