When it comes to African literature, translation has mostly meant translating work from European languages into African ones. Translation from African languages into English has been long overdue. Now ...

For many American children of Wendy Laura Belcher’s generation, Africa was the land of Babar and of Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan, yodeling “Ungawa!” and swinging through the jungle in small-screen ...

In recent years, the rise of literary works by African authors has rekindled interest in African literature, both in Türkiye and globally, academics said. The prominence of African literary works and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Research in African Literatures, founded in 1970, is the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide and provides a forum ...

Sarah Jilani receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK and the Isaac Newton Trust. “One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words,” ...

The arrival of Allison Curseen and Jonathan Howard to the Boston College faculty this academic year reflects the University’s commitment to strengthening its African American literature teaching and ...

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston. His first novel, Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and is still the most widely-read piece of African literature. Nigerian writer Chinua ...

Representatives of 32 national writers associations from African countries recently converged on Ibadan, Oyo State capital, to reflect on how literature has contributed to African agenda for peace, ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Bennet Mbata ...

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