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October 12, 2025

Lessons From 1977: What A Czech Manifesto Teaches America About Freedom & Resistance

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By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO WHEN Czech writer Ivan Klíma died at 94, the world lost not just a novelist but a symbol of moral courage. A survivor of the Nazi camps and the Soviet clampdown that followed the Prague Spring, Klíma remained in Czechoslovakia even when banned from publishing for two decades. Sweeping streets by day, […]

October 1, 2025

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 […]