Author: Joya Uraizee

Surviving the Odds: Storytelling About War and Migration in East Africa Session type: PanelOrganized by: Joya Uraizee Send abstracts or inquiries to: joya.uraizee@slu.eduWar and migration in eastern Africa often produce remarkable narratives from both adults and children alike. This panel Read More …

African Literature and Critical University Studies Session type: PanelOrganized by: Anne W. Gulick Send abstracts or inquiries to: agulick@mailbox.sc.eduThis panel welcomes papers exploring intersections between the fields of African literature and Critical University Studies. Papers might consider topics such as: Read More …

Human Cargoes: The Migrant Crisis in African Literature and Cinem Session type: PanelOrganized by: Emilie Diouf Send abstracts or inquiries to: diouf@brandeis.eduBoats loaded with youth fleeing harsh socio-economic and political conditions have smuggled through the most treacherous point of the Read More …

Deadline Extended! Environmental Remediation: Genre, Visibility, and Ecological Crisis in African Literatures Session type: PanelOrganized by: Katherine Hummel Send abstracts or inquiries to: hummel@umich.eduRemediation has emerged as a keyword in both new media studies and sustainability discourses. While Bolter and Read More …

Celebrating Eldred Durosimi Jones and Eustace Palmer: Reading Contemporary Sierra Leonean Literature. Session type: PanelOrganized by: Abioseh Michael Porter Send abstracts or inquiries to: abiosehp@drexel.eduKnown in the world of letters for their ability not only to undermine the validity of Read More …

South African Women Session type: Panel: The intersection of gender, time, and politics in the South African novelOrganized by: Thelma Pinto Send abstracts or inquiries to: Pinto@hws.eduThe panel will address the importance of the intersection of place; class;time; cultural group;gender Read More …

African Literature and the Landscape of the Academy Session type: roundtableOrganized by: Thelma Pinto Send abstracts or inquiries to: pinto@hws.eduIn what way(s) are the landscapes of the academy conducive for the literary and critical production of African literature? How do Read More …

Black Women Writers and the “Toxic, Ecological Other” Session type: PanelOrganized by: P. Jane Splawn Send abstracts or inquiries to: jsplawn@netzero.netHow have contemporary women writers from Africa and the diaspora represented what Sarah Jaquette Ray has called the toxic, ecological Read More …

Teaching African literature in the American classroom: Why Culture Matters Session type: PanelOrganized by: Ernest Cole Send abstracts or inquiries to: colee@hope.eduGiven the cultural difference American students encounter in African literature courses, Instructors typically require such students to critically engage, Read More …

Signes, usages et présences. La (sur)conscience écologique dans la fiction africaine postcoloniale Session type: PanelOrganized by: EL HADJI MALICK NDIAYE Send abstracts or inquiries to: ndiayee@seattleu.eduLa relation Homme/Nature est généralement admise comme une caractéristique essentielle du schéma discursif africain. Les Read More …