African Literature Today

African Literature Today (ALT) is a journal that was first published in 1968 and is now the oldest international journal of African Literature still publishing.[1]

The journal was founded by Eldred Durosimi Jones, and annual volumes were edited by Eldred Jones, Marjorie Jones, and Professor Eustace Palmer, until ALT 23.[2] As Nigerian academic Ode Ogede has written: "The pivotal role that this journal has played in the development of African literature and its criticism is underscored by the fact that many of those who have now established themselves as the foremost authorities in the field first cut their publishing teeth there."[3]

ALT has been edited since 2003 by Professor Ernest N. Emenyonu.[2]

  1. ^ Emenyonu, Ernest N.; Isidore Diala; Patricia T. Emenyonu; Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́; Madhu Krishnan; Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo; Stephanie Newell; Oha Obododimma; Vincent O. Odamtten; Kwawisi Tekpetey; Iniobong I. Uko; Wangui wa Goro, eds. (2019). ALT 37: African Literature Today (New ed.). Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781847012340. JSTOR j.ctvktrxt0.
  2. ^ a b "African Literature Today". Boydell & Brewer. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ Ogede, Ode (Fall 2012). "Teaching African Literature Today: African Literature Today 29". Research in African Literatures. 43 (3). Bloomington: 126–127. doi:10.2979/reseafrilite.43.3.126. S2CID 161829077. ProQuest 1033568909. Retrieved 13 February 2023.