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ISOLA - The International Society for the Oral Literatures of Africa

Contact Information for ISOLA and the ISOLA Executive Council

For Membership, Membership Dues, and Subscription to the ISOLA Listserv

Stephen Belcher Secretary/TreasurerEmail: spbelcher@mindspring.com
Postal:
4781 Shavers Creek Rd.
Petersburg, PA 16669 USA

Telephone: 814-865-8256.

ISOLA Listserv: ISOLA listserv

Chairperson: Local Organizing Committee - Mombasa, Kenya 2010

Pieter WasambaDr. Peter Wasamba

Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254202245311; +254722734121
Fax: +2540202245566
Lecce, Italy, Email: pwasamba@uonbi.ac.ke

Current ISOLA Executive Council Members - 2008-2010

The following Executive Council members were elected at the 7th meeting of ISOLA in Lecce, Italy. They shall serve two-year terms and they are responsible for administering the association.

President - Hein Willemse

Hein WillemseDr. Hein Willemse,
Professor of Afrikaans,
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Email: hein.willemse@up.ac.za 

 

Past President of ISOLA - Isidore Okpewho (Ex-Officio)

Isidore Okpewho Isidore Okpewho,
Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies,
Department of Africana Studies,
State University of New York, Binghamton,
New York, USA
Email: iokpewho@binghamton.edu 

Vice President - Antoinette Tidjani-Alou

Antoinette Tidjani AlouDr. Antoinette Tidjani Alou (Vice-President)
Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Universite Abdou Moumouni de Niamey
Departement des Lettres Modernes, BP 10832 Niamey, Niger.
Email: tidjanialoua@yahoo.fr

 

Secretary/Treasurer

Stephen BelcherDr. Stephen Belcher,
Associate Professor,
Pennsylvania State University,
Pennsylvania, USA
4781 Shavers Creek Rd.
Petersburg, PA 16669 USA
Email: spbelcher@mindspring.com 

Publications Editor

Funso AiyejinaProfessor Funso Aiyejina
Deputy Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, Faculty of Humanities and Education
Department of Liberal Arts, The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Email: faiyejina@fhe.uwi.tt 

Member

Oty LaoyeDr. Oty Agbajoh-Laoye
Associate Professor
Department of English; Director, Africana Studies
Monmouth University
West Long Branch; NJ 07753, USA
Email: olaoye@monmouth.edu;

Member

Robert CancelDr. Robert Cancel
Associate Professor
Department of English & Director, Third World Studies Program
University of California - San Diego
San Diego, USA,
Email: rcancel@ucsd.edu 

Archivist

Anne Marie DauphinDr. Anne Marie Dauphin
Professor of Literature,
Department of Afrikaans,
University of Pretoria,
Pretoria, South Africa,
Email: amdauphin@freesurf.fr 

Member (Executive Council - Technology and ISOLA WEB)

Patrick MuanaDr. Patrick Kagbeni Muana,
Assistant Professor of English/Africana Studies,
Department of English,
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843, USA,
Email: PKMuana@gmail.com