Elizabeth Alexander, renown American poet, was only the fourth person who was asked to compose and recite a poem at a presidential inauguration. In 2009, she wrote “Praise Song of the Day” based on ...

Research in African Literatures, founded in 1970, is the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide and provides a forum in English for research on the oral and written literatures of ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue. Amanda Johnston learned she would become the 2024 Texas poet laureate via an afternoon cell phone call on an otherwise typical workday in ...

Tinashe Mushakavanhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Making symmetrical knowledge possible : recent trends in the field of southern African oral performance studies / Isabel Hofmeyr -- Obscurity and exegesis in African oral praise poetry / Karin Barber ...

There are many things, many achievements to celebrate in the life and career of my friend, comrade and brother, Niyi Osundare, especially on the occasion of his attaining the age of 70 in a country ...