Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in spring 2022: Vice President Executive Councilors (2 vacancies) Treasurer According to the ALA Bylaws, “Any two paid-up members of the organization can nominate Read More …
Nominations are open for the following 2022 ALA awards: Graduate Student Best Essay Award For an outstanding paper in African literary studies by a graduate student. Book of the Year Award—Creative Writing For an outstanding book of African literature (novel, Read More …
Nominations are open for the following 2021 ALA awards: –Book of the Year Award—Creative Writing For an outstanding book of African literature (novel, non-fiction prose, play, or poetry collection). –Book of the Year Award—Scholarship For an outstanding book in African Read More …
Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in spring 2021: (i) Vice President (ii) Executive Councilors (2 vacancies) (iii) Treasurer According to the ALA Bylaws, “Any two paid-up members of the Read More …
Pius Adesanmi Edward Kamau Brathwaite Jean Michael Dash Manu Dibango Sandile Dikeni Harry Garuba Chukwuemeka Ike Eldred Durosimi Jones Sarah Maldoror Paule Marshall Wanjiku Matenjwa Albert Memmi Toni Morrison Molara Ogundipe Tejumola Olaniyan Binyavanga Wainaina Ken Walibora Lifungo J. Vetinde
2020 President’s Incoming Address Dear Colleagues, It is a great honor to take the mantle of ALA Presidency. I thank everyone who participated and worked to make the 2020-2021 ALA annual elections timely and successful. I am humbled by the Read More …
ALA Member, Prof. Carole Boyce Davies, of Africana Studies and English at Cornell, Past-President of ALA, has been named to the Frank H.T. Rhodes Chair of Humane Letters. Rhodes was president of Cornell, 1977-95. “During his tenure as president, the Read More …
Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in spring 2020: (i) Vice President (ii) Executive Councilors (3 vacancies) The instructions for submitting nominations are contained in Appendix I (amended in June Read More …
The African Literature Association is currently accepting nominations for the following awards. The awards will be presented at the ALA Conference from May 27 – June 1, 2020 in Washington D.C. Fonlon-Nichols Award (Deadline: September 16, 2019) For excellence in Read More …
TMI – THE MUNTU INSTITUTE AFRICAN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PRECARITY AND INSECURITY IN AFRICA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FABIEN EBOUSSI BOULAGA #1 16-20, July 2019 Yaounde, Cameroon Please click here for more information.