ALT 37/ African Griot/ ALT at 50 invites you to submit papers by 30th September. African Literature Today, much like modern African Literature and its criticism as a formal intellectual discipline, has been in the Academy for half a century. Chinua Achebe… Read More ›
African Literature Today (ALT) 35 Focus on Egypt Call for Submissions Egypt, a historically important and strategically located North African country, is also a leading nation in the Arab world. This special issue of African Literature Today will focus on… Read More ›
Following AiW’s Q&A with Professor Emenyonu last week, and to kick-off our summer review series on African children’s literature, Tamara Moellenberg reviews ALT 33: Children’s Literature and Story-telling. AiW Guest: Tamara Moellenberg Children’s Literature and Story-telling, the latest issue of African Literature Today, brings much-needed attention to… Read More ›
At the recent African Literature Association conference in Atlanta, Africa in Words had the opportunity to speak with Ernest N. Emenyonu, Professor and Chair of the Africana Studies department at the University of Michigan-Flint, about African Literature Today’s latest issue, “Children’s Literature… Read More ›
Call for Articles: African Literature Today Special Issue ‘African Returns in African Fiction’ This special issue will focus on literary texts by African writers in which the protagonist returns to his/her ‘original’ or ancestral ‘home’ in Africa from other parts of… Read More ›
Founded in 1968 by Heinemann Publishers, London, African Literature Today is the oldest international journal of African Literature. James Currey have now re-issued archival volumes ALT 1-14 making the complete series available and providing the historical perspective of these early contributions to… Read More ›
Submissions should reach the Editor on or before January 31, 2013. The Editor, African Literature Today, invites articles for ALT 31: WRITING AFRICA IN THE SHORT STORY, described below: Arguably, the African novel came alive through Chinua Achebe’s classic, Things Fall Apart… Read More ›
