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Statement of Solidarity with Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

The Executive Council of the African Literature Association stands in support of Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, author of The Greedy Barbarian and Banana Republic: Where Writing is Treasonous, and 2021 recipient of the PEN 2021 Pinter International Writer of Courage...

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Calls For Papers

CfP: Queer Translation(s) in/of African Literature & Culture 

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

Call for Papers African Literature Association Conference University of Delaware June 2-4, 2027 Queer Translation(s)...

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CfP: Remembering Queer African Lives: Living Archives, Contested Pasts, and Possible Futures

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

Call For Papers  African Literatures Association Annual Meeting  University of Delaware  June 2-4, 2027  Remembering...

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CfP: 17th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Interdisciplinary Conference – James Madison University

August 17, 2026August 17, 2026

CFP: 17th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Interdisciplinary ConferenceHosted by James Madison...

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CfP: Ken Bugul’s Madness: Affect and the Politics of Resistance

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026

Special Issue of the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA)  Guest Editors: Emilie Diouf...

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CfP: Moving the Body: Affective Imaginations of Illness and Disability

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026

Moving the Body: Affective Imaginations of Illness and Disability  Femi Eromosele (Utrecht University) Andries Hiskes...

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Aidoo-Snyder Creative Prize

April 18, 2026April 18, 2026

The 2026 Aidoo-Snyder Creative Book Prize will be given for the best creative work that...

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Job Postings

Assistant, Associate, or Professor of French and African Francophone Studies — Furman University

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Furman University invites applications for a tenure-track position at...

Assistant Professor of English in Anglophone African Literature – St. Olaf College

The Department of English at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track...

Visiting Assistant Professor of African Literature & Film – College of Charleston

The Department of English at the College of Charleston is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor...

Assistant Professor of African American, African Diasporic, and/or African Studies — UC Davis

The University of California, Davis invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of African American,...

Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies — University of Virginia

The Carter G. Woodson Institute’s distinguished fellowship is a two-year residential fellowship for pre-doctoral students...

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