Journal of African Children's & Youth Literature (JACYL)

CALL FOR PAPERS JOURNAL OF AFRICAN CHILDREN'S & YOUTH LITERATURE (JACYL) Editor:Osayimwense Osa Associate Editors: Betsie van der Westhuizen, North West University, South Africa Chikoko Muponder, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa The Journal African Children's & Youth Literature invites contributions from Children*s and Youth Literature theorists, practitioners, scholars and graduate students. Please email papers to the editor, Osayimwense Osa, at Osayimwense@gmail.com OR Send a copy to the editor using the following address: Osayimwense Osa, Editor Journal African Children's & Youth Literature Department of Languages and Literature VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY 1 Hayden drive, Petersburg, Virginia 23806, USA For almost eighteen years, JACYL has provided a forum for scholars in African children's and youth literatures to share their ideas and findings and promote the growth and development of scholarship in the genre. We are interested in receiving essays in all aspects of children's and youth literatures in Africa and in the African Diaspora. Case studies illustrating the successful use of children's and youth literature in indigenous African languages and the like are welcome. The following is a list of some areas you might like to address: New directions in African children's literatures - African Children's literature and the media - Storytelling and African children's literature - African Children's literature in African languages - Online research in African children's and youth literatures - African children's literature in the primary/elementary school - African children's literature in the high school- African children's literature in colleges and universities - Interdisciplinary nature of African children's and youth literatures - Research into African children's and youth literatures in English, French, Spanish, and in indigenous African languages - History, Roots, or Ancestry in African Children's and Youth literatures - African roots of world children*s literatures - African children*s and youth literature and AIDS. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive, and we welcome submissions on any aspect of children's and youth literature in Africa, in the African diaspora and in the international/global community. osayimwense@gmail.com Osayimwense Osa, M.A. Ed.D Professor of English Virginia State University Petersburg, Virginia 23806 Tel: 804 454 - 1214 (H); 404 992 - 4322 (cell)