REAL : Highlighted Article Collection

Founded in 2014, Eastern African Literary & Cultural Studies (EALCS) is a pioneering international peer-reviewed journal which offers a distinctive, integrated forum for scholarship on the literature, culture and arts of the Eastern Africa region and their widespread influence. Arts and culture have played an instrumental role in the post-colonial project, and indeed in the forging of twenty-first-century identities and realities, where they have actively engaged with ideas from other fields including economics, politics, history, and religion. Explore more by browsing the article collection below:

Article Title	Author (s)
Celebrity Politics, Political Cynicism and Contestations of Credibility in Lucius Banda’s Songs	Syned Mthatiwa
Of Oceanic Crossings and Discordant Cultural Adaptations in Post-apartheid Neo-slave Narration	Serah Namulisa Kasembeli
Migritude’s Decolonial Lessons	Neelofer Qadir
Beliefs and the Spiritual World: Socio-cultural and Material Conditions of Tanzania's Occult Fiction	Eliah S. Mwaifuge
Locations, Epistemologies and Pedagogies	James Ogude & Eileen Julien
Agamben at Legon, or, Teaching “Theory” in an African University	Akin Adesokan
Introduction: Indian Ocean Trajectories	Evan Mwangi & Tina Steiner
Utangulizi wa Mhariri: Mitazamo ya Fasihi Afrika Mashariki	Ken Walibora Waliaula
Riwaya mpya”, majina mapya, changamoto mpya: kuhusu maendeleo ya “riwaya ya majaribio” katika fasihi ya Kenya	Mikhail Gromov
Kun Coo Kun Coo – Men for Men and the Curse in a Blessing: Gender and the Orature of War and Peace among the Acholi of Uganda	Betty Okot

Eastern African Literary & Cultural Studies ( EALCS) is a pioneering international peer-reviewed journal which offers a distinctive, integrated forum for scholarship on the literature, culture and arts of the Eastern Africa region and their widespread influence. Arts and culture have played an instrumental role in the post-colonial project, and indeed in the forging of twenty-first century identities and realities, where they have actively engaged with ideas from other fields including economics, politics, history, and religion. This dynamic interface is explored in the journal. Exceptional creative work from and about the region is also considered for publication. The journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.

Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies

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