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13. November 2023

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?”

06. October 2023

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?”

11. August 2023

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?”

12. July 2023

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?”

01. June 2023

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?”