My article, “Thinking the World Through Form: Achille Mbembe’s Afropolitan Openings,” has been published in the journal Philosophy, Politics, and Critique. It’s part of a truly wonderful special issue entitled, “Between Worlds and Worldlessness,” and edited by Roland Végső and Rok Benčin.
African Language Literatures in Translation: First Volumes
The first volume in the African Language Literatures in Translation series (edited by me and Chris Ouma, published by University of Georgia Press) is now available. It’s Tsitsi Mutiti’s translation of Ignatius Mabasa’s Shona classic, The Mad (Mapenzi). You can find it here. They Are Us, Richard Prins’ translation of Katama Mkangi’s important Swahili science fiction novel Walenisi will follow in January 2027. Learn more about it here.
Writing the Noncolonial Self: Modern African Literatures and the Politics of Subjectivity
My book, Writing the Noncolonial Self: Modern African Literatures and the Politics of Subjectivity, has been published by the University of Virginia Press. You can find it here.
Special Issue: “African Literatures and the Question of Form”
Rosemary Jolly and I have co-edited an issue of Comparative Literature Studies on “African Literatures and the Question of Form.” It includes fantastic essays by Comfort Olajumoke Verissimo, Luís Madureira, Rita Barnard, and Gabriel Bámgbóṣé, with an equally wonderful and thought-provoking afterword by Grace Musila. You can read the issue here.
Book Series: African Language Literatures in Translation
UGA Press has announced African Language Literatures in Translation, a book series that I am co-editing with Dr. Chris Ouma (Duke University). The series will publish English translations of works originally written in African languages. The first volume, J. Tsitsi Mutiti’s translation of Ignatius Mabasa’s important Shona novel Mapenzi (The Mad), will be published in spring 2026. You can find the Press’s official announcement of the series here.
New Article on Es’kia Mphahlele
My article, “Es’kia Mphahlele and the Literary Project of African Humanism,” has been published in the spring 2025 issue of College Literature. You can find it here.
Video games in selected African novels: playing intermediality in manifold ways
The Journal of the African Literature Association has published my latest article. It’s on the relations between video games and the novel form in Pepetela, In Koli Jean Bofane, Tendai Huchu, and Masande Ntshanga.You can find it here.
New Article on Susan Kiguli, Liberalism, and the Lyric
My article, “Beyond the Liberal Subject: Susan N. Kiguli and the Lyric Poem in 1990s Uganda,” has been published in a bumper special issue of Interventions on “Poetics from the Global South,” edited by Nathan Suhr-Sytsma and Ryan Topper. A huge thanks to Nathan, Ryan, and all the other contributors. You can find the issue here.
On Teaching Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard
My piece for Pedagogy on “Teaching Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard as Part of a Decolonial Literature Syllabus” has been published and is available here.
Film Review: Pas d’or pour Kalsaka/No Gold for Kalsaka
My review of Michel K. Zongo’s documentary, Pas d’or pour Kalsaka/No Gold for Kalsaka was recently published in African Studies Review. Check it out here.