For the first time ever, Kim and Rachel are together to record this week’s episode, which includes a conversation with Northwestern University’s Evan Mwangi. Professor Mwangi talks about his most recent book, Translation in African Contexts, and the debates about literature in African languages. He also tells us about his next book, which will be about animals in African literature.

We thank the African Studies Association for sharing the ASAPOD booth with us this week to record the news wrap and some conversations with scholars at the ASA’s annual meeting. Stay tuned for those future episodes

 

Books, Links, & Articles

• Doomed Interventions: The Failure of Global Responses to AIDS in Africa by Kim Yi Dionne 
• Africa Writes Back to Self: Metafiction, Gender, Sexuality by Evan Mwangi
• The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics by Evan Mwangi
• The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel by Chris Abani