Travel Awards

ALA conference attendance funding for excellent proposals submitted by scholars based in Africa. Three $1,000.00 awards.

If an awardee is denied travel documents or sufficient funding to attend the conference in the year in which the award is granted, they may defer the award only once until the following annual conference. If the awardee fails to attend two consecutive annual conferences, the reward is revoked.


More information about upcoming travel grants will be posted here when it is available.


Past Winners

2024

Alassane Abdoulaye Dia (Senegal)
Senegal

Henrietta Obiageli Okolocha
Nigeria

2023

Gloria Ajami Makokha
Kenya

Samuel Kwesi Nkansah
Ghana

Thobile Ndimande
South Africa

2019

Peace Longdet
Federal College of Education, Jos

Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang
University of Ghana

Getnet Tibebu Alemayehu
University of Addis Ababa

2018

Sokhna Bao-Diop
Gaston Berger University, Senegal

Oluwole Coker
Obafemi-Awolowo University

Ngozi Obiajulum-Iloh
University of Benin, Nigeria

2017

Uhuru Phalafala
Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Jerome Masamaka
University of Ghana

David Mba Tambu
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

2016

Stella Onome Omonigho
University of Benin City
Nigeria

Aimé Angui
Université Félix-Houphouet Boigny
Cote d’Ivoire

Giftus Nkam Ntambo
University of Yaoundé I
Cameroon

2015

Carol IFEOMA NJOKU
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nigeria

Henrietta OBIAGELI OKOLOCHA
University of Benin, Benin City
Nigeria

Julia UDOFIA
University of Uyo
Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

2014

Senayon OLAOLUWA
Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Larry NDIVO
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya

Ngozi EZENWA-OHAETO
Department of English Language & Literature
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Anambra State, Nigeria

2013

Psalms Chinaka,
Imo State University, Owerri

Faith Ben-Daniels,
University of Education - Winneba

Clement Mamadu (unable to use the award),
University of Cape Town

2012

Pierre Fandio,
University of Buea, Cameroon

Juliana Daniels,
University of Education - Ghana

Alex Wanjala,
University of Nairobi, Kenya

2011

Jessie KAPASULA
University of Malawi
Chancellor College, Department of English
Zomba, Malawi

Folasade HUNSU
Department of English,
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Fatima RADHOUANI
High Institute of Human Sciences
Tunis, Tunisia

2010

Yvette Balana
Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines
Université de Douala, Cameroun

Halima Buhari A. Sekula
Department of English
Nasarawa State University, Nigeria

Syned Dale Makani Mthatiwa
Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER),
University of the Witwatersrand