You will be able to catch me at the following conferences over the next few months:

11-13 Sept 2018: ASAUK (African Studies Association of the UK), Birmingham UK, with a paper on the Tanzanian Kiswahili novel and idea of the human

17-20 Oct 2018: ASAP (Association for the Arts of the Present), New Orleans, on a roundtable about structural violence “after Galtung”

3-6 Jan 2019: MLA, Chicago, with a paper about the impact of the blogger Ikhide R. Ikheloa on the field of African literary studies

I am delighted to be guest-editing a special issue of the journal African Identities titled “Marxism and African Literatures: New Interventions.” Building upon a successful seminar that I organized at the ACLA in March 2018, the aim is to provide something of a “follow-up” to George M. Gugelberger’s famous 1986 volume of essays, Marxism and African Literature. I am accepting abstracts of 300 words until November 1 2018, with essays of 8000 words (max.) due by February 1 2019. You can find the full CFP on the journal’s website here. Please get in touch with me via email if you have any questions about the special issue.