Reimagining Emancipation in African and African Diasporic Literatures and Cultures

We invite 250-word abstracts on the ways African and African diasporic literatures and cultures reconceptualize emancipatory ideas, aesthetics, and politics, unraveling the possibilities and limits of emancipation as a decolonial project. Please include short bios.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, March 16, 2026

Gabriel Bámgbóṣé, University of California San Diego (gbamgbose@ucsd.edu )