ALA Publications

The ALA publishes two different periodicals -- the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA) and the ALA Newsletter. In partnership with Africa World Press/Red Sea Press, we also publish the Annual Proceedings of the ALA Conference.

Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA)
Abioseh Porter, Editor | Email

The editor of JALA invites submission of essays, reviews, and review-essays that reflect the range of primary materials, critical methodologies, and the many contending and complementary movements in African and African diaspora literatures and cultures. Deadlines for submissions are February 1 for the spring/summer issue and June 1 for the fall/winter issue. For more information, please read the JALA Submission Guidelines (pdf).

Volume 1, Number 1 Winter 2006/Spring 2007	Volume 1, Number 2 Summer/Fall 2007	Volume 2, Number 1 Winter 2007/Spring 2008
Volume 2, Number 2 Summer/Fall 2008	Volume 3, Number 1 Winter 2008/Spring 2009	Volume 3, Number 2 Summer/Fall 2009
Volume 4, Number 1 Winter 2009/Spring 2010	Volume 5, Number 1 Summer/Fall 2010	Volume 5, Number 2 Winter 2010/Spring 2011
Volume 6, Number 1 Summer/Fall 2011	Volume 6, Number 2 Winter 2011/Spring 2012	Volume 7, Number 1 Summer 2012/Fall 2012

ALA Newsletter (all files in pdf format)
Limited availability at the moment...

Fall 2010
Spring 2009

Volume 3 Number 1 (Spring 2007)
Volume 1 Number 2 (November 2005)

ALA Annuals
Maureen Eke, Series Editor (interim) | Email
Published in partnernship with Africa World Press/Red Sea Press.