The African Literature Association is an independent non-profit professional open to scholars, teachers and writers from every country. It exists primarily to la the attempts of a world-wide audience to appreciate the efforts of African write artists. The organization welcomes the participation of all who produce the object study and hopes for a constructive interaction between scholars and artists. The an organization affirms the primacy of the African peoples in shaping the fu African literature and actively supports the African peoples in their struggle for libe
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The President for 2000 is Carol Boyce Davies of Northwestern University. The Past-President is Richard Priebe of Virginia Commonwealth University
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