Contact: vdwaltb@unisa.ac.za
The Traveling of Stories: Children’s Literature and Reading in and of Africa
Call for Papers
1st Biennial IBBY Africa Conference
21-23 September 2011
Venue: Pigg’s Peak Hotel, Swaziland
Organised by the Children’s Literature Research Unit, University of South Africa on behalf of the IBBY Branches of Africa.
Abstracts of not more than 250 words that address particular issues regarding reading and children’s literature related to Africa and the developing world are welcomed.
The following topics serve as suggestions:
- The travelling of stories across borders and cultures
- Children’s literature in translation
- Folktales and imagination
- Writing in indigenous/colonial/minority languages
- Colonialism and post-colonialism in children’s literature
- Traditional folktales and the modern tale
- Cultural relevance of children’s books
- The distinction between African children’s and adult books
- Oral narratives and literary research
- Converting oral literature into written literature
- Literature for didactic purposes
- The African diaspora and children’s literature
- Reading across cultures
- Library services for children
- Reading in the information age
- Comparative research in children’s literature and reading
- Depicting reality in children’s books
- Reading preferences of African children
- Teaching children’s literature
- Storytelling for young people
- Publishing for children in the 2rd World
Closing date for submissions: 15 June 2011
Mail abstracts and direct enquiries to:
Prof Thomas van der Walt, CLRU, Department of Information Science, University of
South Africa, PO Box 392, 0003 Pretoria, South Africa
Fax: +27 12 4293792
e-mail: vdwaltb@unisa.ac.za
More information here.
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