Gboungboun: Commentary

Pius Adesanmi: Two “Africas”, Canonization, and the Immediate Future of African Literary Studies: Random Reflections
Let me confess to a dilemma. I once authored an essay entitled, “Europhonism, Universities and Other Stories: How Not to Speak for the Future of African Literatures”, in which I took Ngugi wa Thiong’o to task... read more >>

Gabeba Baderoon: The State of Verse
In 2006, South Africa’s poets and writers drew the attention of the rest of the African continent and the world. The poet Lebo Mashile received the 2006 Noma Award for African Publishing... read more >>

Nduka Otiono: An Evening with Derek Walcott
It is not often that one finds a locale that provides a perfect setting for a poetry reading. Framed by woods and hills, the scenic forty-eight acre Walnut Hill campus located in Natick, a suburban town of some 35,000 people seventeen miles west of Boston, is one such setting... read more >>

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza: The Changing Terrain of African Studies
Recently, I published a two-volume collection of essays on The Study of Africa Volume 1: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Encounters; Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements, which forms the basis of my reflections on the changing terrain of African Studies... read more >>