ACTIO NOVA ⎻ Journal of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature Monograph 6 ⎻ “Instances of agency and agonism in postcolonial black-African literature: (trans)formations and (trans)mutations” Two of the most striking characteristics of the literary creation carried out by black-African writers Read More …
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Journal of African Cinemas ⎻ Bongo Movies: A Study of the New Swahili Cinema
The Volume aims at describing and analyzing the ways in which Bongo movies narratives locate its identities and form, and critically examine the underlying operating principles behind its aesthetics, its affects (distribution) and how its specific constitution performs discourse. It Read More …
African Literature Today (ALT) 42: Oral and Written African Poetry and Poetics
African Literature Today plans to publish a special issue (ALT 42) with a focus on “Poetry and Poetics” and hereby calls for well researched articles for the volume. The issue seeks to appraise crucial developments in the broad field of Read More …
Mashariki (Eastern African) Literary and Cultural Studies Conference
Aesthetics and Interpretative Practices across East African Literary and Cultural Imaginaries The 6th Mashariki (Eastern African) Literary and Cultural Studies Conference Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda August 24-26, 2023 The 6th Mashariki (Eastern African) Literary and Cultural Studies Conference comes Read More …
Sistah Sistah Foundation: African Women’s Tales
Sista Sistah Foundation is excited to announce a new project: An African Feminist anthology meant to celebrate and highlight African women through creative storytelling. The creation of the anthology is aimed to tell African stories through African voices especially womxn Read More …
The Second Annual Haitian Heritage International Conference
Haiti and Africa: Unearthing and Exploring the Roots, Connections, and Possibilities The Second Annual Haitian Heritage International Conference CUNY Haitian Studies Institute @ Brooklyn College 12-13 May 2023 The keynote presentation, panels and roundtables will focus on the historical Read More …
Panel on African genre “rewritings,” European Conference on African Studies
The European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2023 will take place from May 31 to June 3, 2023 in Cologne, Germany. The conference theme is African futures. We are pleased to organize a panel entitled Bad genre: “counter literature”, generic Read More …
JALA: Handling and Mishandling African-Language Texts
The Journal of African Literature Association invites essays for a special issue on literature and film in African languages. Building on the premise that the African continent and its islands and diasporas have been multilingual since antiquity and have produced Read More …
Handbook on Memory Studies in Africa
Call for SubmissionsHandbook on Memory Studies in Africa The Handbook on Memory Studies in Africa seeks to provide a guide to the sprawling field of memory studies in and on Africa. This edited collection will bring together cutting-edge scholarship Read More …
CFP ⎻ Sindiwe Magona Conference
Sindiwe Magona 2023 Conference (a hybrid, international conference) April 12-14, 2023 Conference website: https://www.cas.gsu.edu/conferences/sindiwe-magona-2023/ The Sindiwe Magona 2023 Planning Committee and Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) are pleased to announce the Sindiwe Magona 2023 conference, a celebration of Read More …