Editor’s note: Not long after Amanda Gorman recited one of her poems at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, three of…
“Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs”. This lecture explores what we could learn about being…
This is a call for book chapter abstracts regarding the #EndSARS movement. We seek the reflective recounting of experiences as well as analysis. The…
Identities are singular and plural, fixed and mobile, conferred and constructed, even when those who claim and deny them tend to focus on the…
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Book Review: Authenticity, Violence, and the Spirit of Elimination in Francis B. Nyamnjoh’s #RhodesMustFall: Nibbling at Resilient Colonialism in South Africa
Professor Francis B. Nyamnjoh’s Twitter-inspired title, #RhodesMustFall, describes the ugly head of racism and oppression embedded in persistent colonial thoughts, representations, and practices in…
A story about Covid-19 has won this year’s BBC Hausa short story contest for women. Rai da Cuta (Life & Sickness) by Maryam Umar,…
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Covid-19 and the Resilience of Systemic Suppression, Oppression and Repression by Francis Nyamnjoh
Covid-19 offers much food for thought to critically review prevalent and conventional teleological modernist neoliberal assumptions about and usages of the notion of resilience.…
Challenges and prospects of the COVID-19 pandemic in West Africa: contribution of the humanities and social sciences The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will…
Défis et perspectives de la pandémie de la COVID-19 en Afrique de l’ouest : contribution des sciences humaines et sociales La pandémie à Coronavirus…
The 2020 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers will open for entry on July 1. The grants, run by the Miles Morland Foundation, are…