Special Issue of the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA) Guest Editors: Emilie Diouf (Brandeis University) and Marame Gueye (East Carolina University) During the first edition of the Salon du livre féminin de Dakar (2022), a young woman asked Read More …
Category: CFPs
CfP: Moving the Body: Affective Imaginations of Illness and Disability
Moving the Body: Affective Imaginations of Illness and Disability Femi Eromosele (Utrecht University) Andries Hiskes (University of Humanistic Studies) Illness and disability configure the body as a site of affective movement: of intensities that circulate between bodies, texts, discourses, and Read More …
Aidoo-Snyder Creative Prize
The 2026 Aidoo-Snyder Creative Book Prize will be given for the best creative work that prioritizes African women’s experiences. To this end, the committee invites nominations from publishers or authors. Self-published books are not eligible, and entries may only be Read More …
EASA Triennial International Conference 2026 – Peripheral identities and entanglement
EASA Triennial International Conference 2026 Peripheral identities and entanglement(in person) 29 June to 1 July 2026, University of Pretoria, South Africa CFP deadline extended to 15 February People are inevitably intertwined – entangled – in complex relationships with each other, Read More …
CfP: New Horizons in Queer African Literature, Film, and Culture
New Horizons in Queer African Literature, Film, and CultureSponsored by the Queer African Studies Caucus of the ALA (QASALA) This session develops the 2026 ALA conference theme on “New Horizons” by taking specific stock of queer developments in African literature Read More …
CfP: The People’s Word, The World’s Poetics: Niyi Osundare and the Rearticulation of Second-Generation African Poetry
The People’s Word, The World’s Poetics:Niyi Osundare and the Rearticulation of Second-Generation African Poetry Guest Editors: Olabode Ibironke and Tosin GbogiJournal of the African Literature Association (JALA) This special issue of the Journal of the African Literature Association focuses on Read More …
CFP: 16th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD)Interdisciplinary Conference
Conference Theme: Sanctuary: Sites of Survival and SpontaneityFebruary 11-13, 2026Deadline for submission: October 15, 2025 The African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center at James Madison University invites proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference, to be held from Wednesday, February Read More …
CfP: Spaces and Contexts for Teaching African Literature
A Roundtable for the African Literature Association Annual conference: Nairobi, June 25-28, 2025 In the past few years, much scholarly attention has been devoted to the African literary curriculum: what gets taught, what gets neglected, what it would mean to Read More …
African Studies Association’s Women’s Caucus’ Aidoo Snyder Book Prize Seeks Submissions
The 2024 Aidoo-Snyder creative book prize will be given for the best creative work by a woman (or women) that prioritizes African women’s experiences. To this end, the committee invites nominations from publishers or authors. Self-published books are not eligible, Read More …
Rethinking Refugeehood in Contemporary African Migration Narratives — Edited Volume
Revised deadline for proposals/abstracts: December 10, 2024 Editors: Rebecca Fasselt and Joya Uraizee African writers and filmmakers have responded to large-scale population upheavals in avariety of ways, including mixing memoir and fantasy, fact and fiction, in order to givevoices to Read More …