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JALA

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JALA is the flagship journal of the African Literature Association (ALA), current Editor in Chief is Moradewun Adejunmobi. Image = Iya ni Wura, by Diana Mafe.

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Issue Alert! Handling and Mishandling African Language Texts, edited by Serena Talento & Moradewun Adejunmobi. Access here: tandfonline.com/toc/rala20/c… @TandF_Africa @AfricanLitAssoc
Journal of the African Literature Association

Journal of the African Literature Association

Spectacular fictions: serving history on the go. Volume 20, Issue 2 of Journal of the African Literature Association

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JALA joins Taylor & Francis journals in mourning the passing of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: a giant of African literary production, leading intellectual on African languages and decolonisation, and influential dissident. A clutch of excellent open access articles: tandfonline.com/journals/cja…
Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Explore the article collection: Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Published in Journal of African Cultural Studies.

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Article alert! "The quest for epistemic freedom in African feminist theorizing" by Kelvin Acheampong. Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The quest for epistemic freedom in African feminist theorizing

The quest for epistemic freedom in African feminist theorizing

To explicate the epistemic shift in contemporary theorizations of African feminisms, scholars have suggested, among other reasons, that third-generation African women writers, unlike the first gene...

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While pioneering African theorists of feminism sought epistemic freedom within the framework of nationalism, the third generation do so outside of this framework.
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The article develops this argument by bringing Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s feminist position into conversation with the feminist visions of pioneering African scholars of feminism such as Molara Ogundipe-Leslie, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi, and Mary Kolawole.
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The Journal of the African Literature Association is now fully indexed in Scopus! Great news for SANLIC researchers, you can publish in JALA at no cost under the Read & Publish deal with Taylor & Francis. Explore and submit: spr.ly/60164rnJp
Promotional graphic announcing that the Journal of the African Literature Association is now fully indexed in Scopus. The image features the journal cover displayed on a smartphone and tablet, showing vibrant artwork with abstract African mask-like faces. An orange Scopus logo appears on the left. The background includes a faint mural-style image of African faces. Text reads: “The Journal of the African Literature Association — Now Fully Indexed in Scopus!”

ALT Promotional graphic announcing that the Journal of the African Literature Association is now fully indexed in Scopus. The image features the journal cover displayed on a smartphone and tablet, showing vibrant artwork with abstract African mask-like faces. An orange Scopus logo appears on the left. The background includes a faint mural-style image of African faces. Text reads: “The Journal of the African Literature Association — Now Fully Indexed in Scopus!”

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Joy to be at @AfricanLitAssoc’s vibrant 50th anniversary conference in Nairobi. Editors of @JournalAfLit (JALA) discuss do’s and dont’s of journal publishing. JALA going from strength to strength! Submit your article and sign up for content alerts: tandfonline.com/journals/ral…
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Trends in African literary and cultural studies — great @AfricanLitAssoc & @JournalAfLit panel in Nairobi with editorial board members, outgoing @AfricaJacs editor Carli Coetzee in the chair, and engaged audience,
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Book review alert! Projections of Dakar: (Re)Imagining Urban Senegal Through Cinema by Devin Bryson and Molly Krueger Enz. Athens. Reviewed by Thérèse De Raedt. Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Featuring articles from @AfricaJacs, @thirdworldq , @JPW_Routledge, @JournalAfLit & @WasafiriMag 👇
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Explore articles by and remembering #Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, a giant of African literary production, leading intellectual on African languages and decolonisation, and influential dissident. Free access until 31 December 2025. Link: spr.ly/60184GqQE
Promotional graphic titled "Article Collection: Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o." It includes a photograph of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o speaking passionately at a microphone. The accompanying text invites readers to explore articles by and about Ngũgĩ, highlighting his significant contributions as a literary giant, intellectual leader in African languages and decolonization, and influential dissident. A banner indicates articles are free to access until 31st December 2025, with branding from Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

ALT Promotional graphic titled "Article Collection: Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o." It includes a photograph of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o speaking passionately at a microphone. The accompanying text invites readers to explore articles by and about Ngũgĩ, highlighting his significant contributions as a literary giant, intellectual leader in African languages and decolonization, and influential dissident. A banner indicates articles are free to access until 31st December 2025, with branding from Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

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Book review forum essay alert! Everything is sampled: digital and print mediations in African arts and letters by Akinwumi Adeṣọkan. Essay by Akin Adeṣọkan. Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @TandF_Africa @AfricanLitAssoc
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Book review alert! The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire by Doyle Calhoun. Reviewed by Vlad Dima. Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @AfricanLitAssoc @TandF_Africa
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"Food, Migration, and Place Consciousness in Chika Unigwe’s Better Never than Late" by Idom T. Inyabri & Elizabeth Olaoye: @chikaunigwe @JournalAfLit tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Food, Migration, and Place Consciousness in Chika Unigwe’s Better Never than Late

Food, Migration, and Place Consciousness in Chika Unigwe’s Better Never than Late

In this study, we examine the multidimensional facets of food, migration, and individuals’ sense of otherness and dis/connection to place as represented in selected fictional works from Nigeria. Th...

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Article alert! "Représentations, valeurs et questions de l’eau dans Congo Inc. Le testament de Bismarck de Bofane" by Brigitte Tsobgny. Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Représentations, valeurs et questions de l’eau dans Congo Inc. Le testament de Bismarck de Bofane

Représentations, valeurs et questions de l’eau dans Congo Inc. Le testament de Bismarck de Bofane

Congo Inc., le testament de Bismarck de In Koli Jean Bofane, auteur kino-congolais, raconte l’histoire d’un jeune Pygmée qui s’ennuie dans sa forêt. Grâce à une antenne-relais installée par une ent...

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This article examines the representation of water in Congo Inc., the values attributed to it, and the related questions this resource raises in a globalized world. The analysis is grounded in the theory of decolonial ecology developed by Malcolm Ferdinand.
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It takes into account existing systems of domination to show, and throw into relief, environmental problems through the prism of an imposed colonial economy that lives on today and still holds hostage large regions of the Congo.
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