ALT 44: African Writing in the 21st Century

ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). Tijan M. Sallah is the Gambia's foremost poet and short story writer and one of Africa's most significant writers. A former professor of economics and retired World Bank executive, his most recent books are Saani Baat (a work of literary and cultural criticism) and I Come From A Country (poems). Paramita Routh Roy has an MA in English Literature from the University of Calcutta, India. Her research interests include African Literature with special emphasis on Women's Writings, Black Feminism, Masculinity Studies, Gender Studies and Postcolonialism. Nonye Chinyere Ahumibe is a Lecturer in the Department of English and Literary Studies, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria. Her research interests are in Gender Studies, Post-colonial and Diasporic Literatures.

• Notes on Contributors EDITORIAL ARTICLEAfrican Writing in the 21st Century: Medium as MessageERNEST N. EMENYONU ARTICLESNew Landscapes of Otherness in Chika Unigwe's Better Never than Late ROSE SACKEYFIOPostcolonial Hospitality in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple HibiscusTOLULOPE AKINRINDEPollution Make the Air Turn Black: Eco-Consciousness in Burna Boy's 'Whisky' and The Black River: Whiskey DocumentaryKUFRE FRIESENHANMasculinities, Complicity, and Balance in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's AmericanahNONYE AHUMIBEThe African Grieving Story vs the European Grieving Framework: Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom Meets the Kubler-Ross ModelEKIKEREOBONG USORO AND FRIDAY OKONQuilting the Narrative of New Black Feminism: Reinventing Feminism with Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePARAMITA ROUTH ROY TRIBUTESNnolim on AchebeBERNTH LINDFORSThe astounding formalist has joined the ancestors: A tribute to Professor Charles Nnolim AKACHI ADIMORA-EZEIGBOEncounters with Ngũgĩ the WrestlerGICHINGIRI NDIGIRIGI LITERARY SUPPLEMENTA Living SoulESTHER PAUL JOHNSONTanjiCarthageTIJAN M. SALLAH REVIEWSOtoniya J. Okot Bitek, We, the KindlingADEMOLA ADESOLAChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count NONYE CHINYERE AHUMIBELizi Ashimole, The Other InsiderNONYE CHINYERE AHUMIBEMaik Nwosu, The Book of EverythingNONYE CHINYERE AHUMIBELinda Jummai Mustafa, What If...?NONYE CHINYERE AHUMIBEDez Udezue, The Eden Ruse, Amadioha's RebellionINIOBONG UKOKofi Anyidoho, See What They've Done To Our SunRise: New Poems from an Old Loom JEROME MASAMAKA