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Untranslatabilities | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 28
This month’s question is: “What is your favorite example of untranslatability (or something difficult to translate) in an African language, and what’s so interesting about it?”
Reflecting on the Vodcast | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 27
This month’s question is: “What has this podcast and more broadly Recalibrating Afrikanistik, the research project that publishes it, meant to you?”
Visiting African Spaces | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 26
This month’s question is: “Let’s pretend that you’ve been offered a grant to work for up to one year in an African country, region, or space that you’ve never visited before. Where would you choose to go and why?”
African Literature of Today | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 25
This month’s question is: “If you were asked to contribute to an upcoming book fair titled ‘African literature of today,’ which contemporary African literary work(s) in any language would you recommend and why?”
Designing a Department | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 24
This month’s question is: “Let’s pretend that a new university is being founded and you’ve been asked to design the department that would somehow include the components of African languages and literatures. How would you structure the new department and what would it look like?”