[DEBATE] : African writers and war

[Sean Jacobs]

Invitation to submit essays The Zimbabwean novelist and poet,
 >>> Chenjerai Hove, and the Nigerian novelist, Okey Ndibe, are co-
 >>> editing a volume that explores African creative writers'
 >>> experience of war. We invite writers poets, short story writers,
 >>> novelists, journalists and professorss of literature to submit
 >>> personal essays detailing how a war or connflict has shaped their
 >>> work or changed their lives. In addition, we will accept a few
 >>> analytical essays looking at literary works (fiction, poetry,
 >>> memoir) inspired by wars or other forms of violent conflicts.
 >>> Since the projected book will be targeted to a general audience,
 >>> we welcome essays to avoid overly technical language. We conceive
 >>> this as an accessible collection of (mostly) essays by writers
 >>> reflecting on how conflicts have impinged on their professional
 >>> practice and lives. We are particularly interested in submissions
 >>> that dwell on such areas as the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
 >>> Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Somalia. The
 >>> submissions should not exceed 5,000 words. Deadline is October
 >>> 31, 2008. Please send manuscripts as attached word documents to
 >>> Okey Ndibe at okey.ndibe at trincoll.edu. If you have any questions,
 >>> please e-mail me at the same address. Okey Ndibe English
 >>> Department Trinity College 115 Vernon Street Hartford, CT 06106 .
 >>>
 >>> Warmest rgds,
 >>>
 >>> Proscovia Svärd (MA)
 >>> Project Co-ordinator/Research Administrator
 >>> Unit for Policy  and Research Support
 >>> The Nordic Africa Institute
 >>> (Kungsgatan 38)
 >>> PO Box 1703
 >>> SE-751 47 Uppsala
 >>> Sweden
 >>>
 >>> Phone: +46-18-56 22 16
 >>> Fax:   +46-18-56 22 90
 >>> e-mail: Proscovia.Svard at nai.uu.se
 >>>
 >>