Call for submissions: English in Africa English in Africa was founded in 1974 to provide a forum for the study of African literature in English. It is published three times a year by the Institute for the Study of the Read More …
Category: CFPs
CFP: Bessie Head, a special issue of English in Africa
Call for papers: Bessie Head, a special issue of English in Africa, vol. 50, no. 3 (November 2023) Guest Editor: Sandile Ngidi English in Africa will be hosting a special issue on the works of Bessie Head to commemorate what Read More …
CFP: Feminisms and South African literatures
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde: A journal for African literature (https://letterkunde.africa/about) Tydskrif vir Letterkunde (est. 1936) is a premier open access African literature journal, housed at the University of Pretoria, publishing research and reviews in Afrikaans, Dutch, English and French. CALL FOR Read More …
CFP: Placing Ghanaian and Indigenous North American literatures in conversation
Journal special issue and conference deadline for submissions: March 6, 2023 full name / name of organization: European Journal of American Studies contact email: j.mackay@euc.ac.cy We invite proposals for articles of circa 7,000-8,000 words on comparative Read More …
13th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Interdisciplinary Conference
13th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Interdisciplinary ConferenceHosted virtually by James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA February 14-17, 2023Deadline: November 1, 2022 The African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center at James Madison University invites proposals for its Read More …
CFP: “Resilience and the Wandering Subject”
Call for Book Chapters: “Resilience and the Wandering Subject” Vernon Press invites book chapter proposals to be included in a forthcoming scholarly volume on “Resilience and the Wandering Subject”. What are the different contours of defining a subject? How does Read More …
CFP: JALA Special Issue on Afro-Hispanism and the Arts in and beyond Africa
Founded in 1974, the African Literature Association (ALA) works to promote literary and cultural studies related to, and about, Africa and its diasporic populations. The ALA’s goals are to facilitate an appreciation and an understanding of the works of Read More …
CFP: Neoliberalism and Alternative Narrative Temporalities in Contemporary African Fiction
CFP: Neoliberalism and Alternative Narrative Temporalities in Contemporary African Fiction short description: This panel analyzes the various representational strategies diverse African and African diasporic authors have brought to bear in using fiction as a cultural medium for imagining alternatives Read More …
CFP – Afrophone Social Media Literatures
Social Media as New Canvas, Space and Channel for Afrophone Literatures Organized by Uta Reuster-Jahn (Hamburg University), Umma Aliyu Musa (Hamburg University), Abdalla Uba Adamu (Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria), Stephanie Bosch Santana (UCLA, USA) The increasing growth and Read More …
CFP: Taking the Mic – Black British Spoken Word Poetry Since 1965
Taking the MicBlack British Spoken Word Poetry Since 1965Aesthetics, Activisms, Auralities Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK Friday 18th November 2022 Keynote Speakers: Carolyn Cooper, Professor Emerita, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and Jay Read More …