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18. October 2024

Custom Publication | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 37

This month’s question is: “If you had the power to create a publication (of any type, mode, or format) in an African language, what kind of publication would you make, and in what language?”

17. September 2024

Orthographies from Scratch | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 36

This month’s question is: “Let’s pretend that your mother tongue has never been written before and that you’ve been asked to design a system of writing for it. Would you use an existing system? What kind of orthography would you create? Feel free to draw a few characters of your imagined alphabet or some example text for us to show as a visual aid while you speak.”

08. July 2024

African Theories | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 35

This month’s question is: “What is one African theory, theoretician, or philosophy that you think has great potential for applying to research or education, and why?”

10. June 2024

Genres of African Poetry | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 34

This month’s question is: “What is your favorite genre or subgenre of African poetry, where does it come from, and what’s so unique about it?”