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“The People’s Poet & The Second Wave: JALA Dedicates Special Issue To Niyi Osundare’s Radical Reimagination Of African Poetry”

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IN a landmark recognition of one of Africa’s most influential poetic voices, the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA) has announced a forthcoming special issue titled “The People’s Word, The World’s Poetics: Niyi Osundare and the Rearticulation of Second-Generation African Poetry.” Co-edited by Olabode Ibironke and Tosin Gbogi, the issue revisits the revolutionary literary, […]

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The Night Baldwin Shook Power: Inside The 1963 Clash That Forced Robert Kennedy To Face America’s Truth

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By FATIMA HUSSAINI ON the evening of 24 May 1963, inside a modest apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a confrontation unfolded that would quietly alter the course of America’s civil rights struggle. It was supposed to be a polite meeting — a “frank conversation” between U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a group of […]

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Reclaiming The People’s Voice: Special Issue Calls For Papers On Niyi Osundare & Second-Generation African Poetry

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THE Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA) has announced a special issue dedicated to the towering legacy of Niyi Osundare—poet, critic, activist, and emblematic voice of Africa’s post-independence generation. Guest-edited by Olabode Ibironke and Tosin Gbogi, the issue—titled “The People’s Word, The World’s Poetics: Niyi Osundare and the Rearticulation of Second-Generation African Poetry”—seeks to […]

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