Research in African Literatures

Editor

Kwaku Larbi Korang, The Ohio State University

Associate Editors

Adélékè Adéèkó, The Ohio State University
Cheik Thiam, The Ohio State University

Managing Editor

Molly Reinhoudt

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

Advisory Board

Farida Abu-Haidar, Institute of Linguists, London
Pius Adesanmi, Carleton University, Canada
Susan Z. Andrade, University of Pittsburgh
Kofi Anyidoho, Universitiy 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, The Ohio State University
Catherine Kroll, Sonoma State University
Lydie Moudileno, University of Pennsylvania
H. Adlai Murdoch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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
Alain Ricard, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique INALCO/Paris 7
Micheline Rice-Maximin, Swarthmore College