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Research in African Literatures, the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide, serves as a stimulating vehicle in English for research on the oral and written literatures of Africa. Reviews of current scholarly books are included in every number, and a forum offers readers the opportunity to respond to issues raised in articles and book reviews
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Volume 48, Number 4, Winter 2017Editorial Board
Editor
Kwaku Larbi Korang (The Ohio State University)
Past Editors
Founding Editor
Bernth Lindfors, (The University of Texas, Austin, 1970–89)
Richard Bjornson (The Ohio State University, 1990–92)
F. Abiola Irele (The Ohio State University, 1992–2003)
John Conteh-Morgan (The Ohio State University, 2003–08)
Associate Editors
Adélékè Adéèkó (The Ohio State University)
Cheikh Thiam (The Ohio State University)
Managing Editor
Molly Reinhoudt (The Ohio State University)
Advisory Board
Pius Adesanmi (Carleton University, Canada)
Susan Z. Andrade (University of Pittsburgh)
Kofi Anyidoho (University of Ghana)
Rita Barnard (University of Pennsylvania)
Carine Bourget (University of Arizona)
Laura Chrisman (University of Washington)
J. Michael Dash (New York University)
Gaurav Desai (Tulane University)
Simon Gikandi (Princeton University)
Russell Hamilton (Vanderbilt University)
Kenneth W. Harrow (Michigan State University)
Waïl Hassan (University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign)
Anthonia Kalu (University of California, Riverside)
Catherine Kroll (Sonoma State University)
Ruthmarie H. Mitsch (Managing Editor, RAL, 1989–2012)
Lydie E. Moudileno (University of Pennsylvania)
H. Adlai Murdoch (Tufts University)
Patrice Nganang (Stony Brook University)
Obioma Nnaemeka (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis)
Isidore Okpewho (SUNY-Binghamton)
Tejumola Olaniyan (University of Wisconsin)
Anjali Prabhu (Wellesley College)
Ato Quayson (University of Toronto)
Micheline Rice-Maximin (Swarthmore College)