Executive Council
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PRESIDENT
Prof. Akintunde Akinyemi
Professor of Yoruba Language and Literature
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
348 Pugh Hall, Gainesville, FL.
Email: akinyemi@ufl.edu
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VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. Rose Opondo
Senior Lecturer
Department of Literature, Linguistics, Foreign Languages and Film
Moi University, Kenya
E-mail: rosopondo@gmail.com
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SECRETARY
Dr. Abidemi Bolarinwa
Senior Lecturer
Department of Linguistics and Languages
University of Ibanda, Nigeria
Email: aobolarinwa@yahoo.com
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TREASURER
Prof. Jacomien van Niekerk
Associate Professor
Department of Afrikaans
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
E-mail: jacomien.vanniekerk@up.ac.za
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PUBLICATIONS OFFICER/EDITOR
Prof. Daniela Merolla
Professor of Amazigh/Berber Literature and Art
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, France
USPC (Université Sorbonne Paris Cité), Paris France
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ARCHIVIST
Prof. Felicity Wood
Associate professor
Department of English
University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
Email: fels.wood@gmail.com
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COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Hermelind Le Doeuff
Doctoral candidate
Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France
CNRS LACITO (UMR 7107), CNRS SEDYL (UMR 8202), Paris, France