60 Years of Chinua Achebe and the State of African Literature

The Republic literary journal is currently accepting essays for its October/November 2019 issue. This upcoming issue will focus on the theme: {{I:60 Years of Chinua Achebe and the State of African Literature.}}
The editors are particularly interested in essays that focus on Nigeria and Africa. Essays can explore one or more of the following topics:

• Chinua Achebe’s (re)imagination of Africa and/or what it means to read Achebe today;
• Defining/locating the ‘African’ in African literature;
• Language and decolonization (e.g. Who owns English?);
• African literature within economies of cultural production;
• Gender, sexuality and cultural disruption through writing;
• Afrofuturism and African futures beyond crisis and dystopia;
• The role of writers in the modern world; and
• Broader historical and/or literary affairs

Submissions guidline:
Essays must be analytical and engaging.
Word count: 1,500 to 5,000 words
First drafts are welcome
Deadline for submissions: Sunday 25 August 2019.
How to submit your essay:

• All submissions must be sent via email
• Send all submissions as MS-Word doc attachments to submissions@republic.com.ng.

Payment:
Essayists whose work appear in this issue will be paid. The price hasn’t been stated.
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