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 …
Category: Announcements
2021 Elections
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 …
ALA Members and Friends who passed: May 2019-May 2020
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
Forging a New Path Together
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 …
Carole Boyce Davies Named Chair at Cornell
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 …
2020 Elections
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 …
2019 Award Nominations
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 …
Annoucement: Conference on “Precarity and Insecurity in Africa,” Yaounde, July 2019
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.
2018 Elections
Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in spring 2018: (i) Vice President (ii) Treasurer (iv) Executive Councilors (2 vacancies) The instructions for submitting nominations are contained in Appendix I (amended Read More …
2017 Award Nominations
The African Literature Association is currently accepting nominations for the following awards. The awards will be presented at the ALA Conference from May 23-27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Fonlon-Nichols Award (Deadline Extended: November 15, 2017) For excellence in creative writing Read More …