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Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora invites scholars from all fields to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the independence of Ghana. The issue is set for publication in the summer of 2007. When Ghana began the first African nation to gain it independence from England, it not only set the stage for the liberation of Africa, but it precipitated cultural changes across the African Diaspora and, indeed, across the globe. Essays are solicited the literary and cultural legacy of Ghanaian independence in Ghana, in Africa, in the African Diaspora and throughout the world. We seek papers on individual works, authors and genres as well previously unpublished creative works.
Possible topics might include but are not limited to:
How have other African countries benefited and/or borrowed from Ghanaian independence?
What is the legacy of Ghanaian independence 50 years after 1957?
The cultural work of political literature in Ghana or in Africa;
The fiction and/or poetry of Kofi Awoonor, Ama Ata Aidoo, Abena Busia, Kwesi Brew, Ayi Kwei Armah, Kojo Laing, Kobena Eyi Acquah, Ladw Wosomu and other Ghanaian writers;
The relationship among Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone and African language authors;
Original, previously unpublished fiction and poetry focusing on the theme of Ghanaian independence;
How did the historical conditions of African independence inform African studies and post-colonial studies?
The alliances and misalliances between national and ethnic identities in Ghanaian and in other African cultures;
What is the legacy of W.E.B. DuBois’ Ghanaian citizenship?
Repatriation: what should be the African citizenship rights of the descendents of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Send inquiries or proposals to Sheila Smith McKoy (ssmckoy@unity.ncsu.edu). Inquiries should be submitted by January 15, 2007; completed papers are due April 1, 2007.
For more information, include submission guidelines, see: http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/obsidian/
Or email us at: obsidian_at_social.chass.ncsu.edu
Obsidian III
Department of English, Box 8105
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8105
www.ncsu.edu/chass/obsidian/index.html
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