CRG African Literatures

The Collaborative Research Group (CRG) African Literatures is a forum for interdisciplinary exchange and for engaging and opening channels between African literary studies and African Studies, to promote African literature as a discipline within the larger spheres of the humanities and the social sciences.

About this CRG

The Collaborative Research Group (CRG) African Literatures is a forum for interdisciplinary exchange and for engaging and opening channels between African literary studies and African Studies, to promote African literature as a discipline within the larger spheres of the humanities and the social sciences. By creating a forum within the structures of AEGIS where scholars can come together and discuss research, ongoing projects and potential future collaborations, the CRG African Literatures aims to provide an infrastructure for sustaining conversation and collaboration between scholars in Europe and Africa working broadly on African literary culture/s. In order to achieve this aim, the CRG African Literatures is open to institutional participation and individual membership of African literary scholars working within or outside AEGIS member organisations.

We are a network of Europe-based Africanists and African scholars interested in African Literatures, in all forms. We believe that the study of African literatures contributes to the broader study of Africa and has the potential to challenge, complicate, and enrich our understanding of African Studies in unique ways, from unique historical, methodological and analytical perspectives.

The CRG African Literatures aims to:

  • Foster a community of (interdisciplinary) scholars focused on literary production in and from Africa, and to facilitate the sharing of information on African literary projects, events, and conversations within Europe and across Africa
  • Make visible the study of African literatures within the European African Studies sphere, and to fulfil an outreach capacity; to promote, share, and encourage engagement with works of African literature to a larger European public.

Contact

Email: africanlitcrg@gmail.com

CRG Coordinators: 

Elara Bertho 
CNRS, LAM, Bordeaux
elara.bertho@gmail.com

Joanna Woods 
Stockholm University
joannawoods1706@gmail.com

Sreya Mallika Datta 
University of Leicester 
smd46@leicester.ac.uk

Dorothée Boulanger 
University of Oxford

Megan Fourqurean 
University of Leeds

 

How to join 

The CRG is aimed at researchers working in African literatures broadly. We invite all career level scholars to apply for membership, but we are particularly interested in engaging postgraduate students, PhDs, and early career scholars. 

To become a member and join the African Literatures CRG, please send an email to: africanlitcrg@gmail.com. In your email, please state your name, title, institutional affiliation, and area/s of expertise.

Once you have emailed us, we will add you to the mailing list, and we’ll be in touch.

Members

Shola Adenekan
Grace Musila
Abdoulaye Keita
Joseph Oduro-Frimpong
Maëline Le Lay
Dorothée Boulanger
Markus Arnold
Ninon Chavoz
Nicklas Hållén
Ashleigh Harris
Stefan Helgesson
Madhu Krishnan
Sandra Bornand
Sylvère Mbondobari
Pierre Leroux
Maria Zirra
Alice Chaudemanche
Maria Benedita Basto
Cécile van den Avenne
Catherine Mazauric
Aurores Desgranges
Tina Harpin
Tamsir Djibril Niane
Florian Alix
Patrick Lumasia
Marjolaine Unter Ecker
Xavier Garnier
Jade Munslow Ong
Sanja Nivesjö
Amadou Oury Diallo
Romuald Fonkoua
Claire de Bertrand de Beuvron
Hassan Mbiydzenyuy Yosimbom
Anouchka Stevellia Moussavou Nyama
Asante Mtenje
Russell West-Pavlov
Ruthie Wenkse Stern
Astrid Rasch
Kate Wallis
Karen Lauterbach
Tinashe Mushakavanhu
Bodil Folke Frederiksen
Talktome Sandile
Cecile Dolisane-Ebosse
Megan Fourqurean
Sam Durrant
Brendon Nicholls
Marta Tveit
Indiana Lods
Mathilde Rogez
Lotte Pelckmans
Alena Rettova
James Mackay
Marie Pernice
Alan Muller
Céline Lesourd
Nikitta Dede Adjirakor
Ogochukwu Ukwueze
Camille Lavoix
Melissa Buecher-Welson
Margaux Vidotto
Peter Maurits
Sara Buekens
Alice Chaudemanche
Moussa Sagha
Emily McGiffin
Amal Jlel
Dania Tunca
Pius Vögele
Mengni Kuang
Kata Gyuris
Amber Bal
Annachiara Raia
Clarissa Vierke
Mingqing Yuan
Martina Vitackova
Lieselot Tuytens
Neha Saini
Sule Emmanuel Egya
Uta Reuster-Jahn
Elsje Fourie
Clara Randimbiarimanana
Dawit Dibekulu
Kata Gyuris
Nelson Mlambo
Alfieri Noemi
Kiranpreet Kaur
Mukhtar Alabi
Anenechukwu Kevin Amoke
Ayokunmi Ojebode
Nick Tembo
Roberta Ylenia Tartaglia
Ken Lipenga
Patricia Essomba
Anne Obono Essomba
Bafana Radebe
Isabella Villanova
Nelson Mlambo
Lily Saint
Aurore Montebran
Ranka Primorac
Ibifaka IYO
Dawit Dibekulu Alem
Florence Lhote
Tesfaye Woubshet Ayele
Edith Anyim
Kole Odutola
Hellen Akeyo Owuor
Athanas Mutisya
Halimi Mohammed Seghir
Kay Miller
Jasmine Mattey
María Recuenco Peñalver
Kyle Wanberg
Sandra Folie
Fang Liu