Conference on Orality and New Dimensions of Orality, 11/04

"Orality and New Dimensions of Orality. Intersections in theories and materials in African studies" Leiden, 26-27 November 2004

Location: Netherlands
Conference Begins: 2004-11-26 Date Submitted: 2004-08-23

The conference "Orality
and New Dimensions of Orality. Intersections in
theories and materials in African studies" will be
held at the University of Leiden on 26 - 27 November 2004.

Keynote speaker: Professor Karin Barber (University of Birmingham)

Orality is an essential means for mental and emotive exchange as well as for artistic expression. However, oral communication in African languages has taken on new dimensions given by the increasing presence of
literacy and technical media. Therefore, in this
conference we intend to address the actual forms that African Orality takes in present contexts of
communication and literary creation marked by the
diffusion of print, radio, television and more recently the Internet. We ask attention for oral communication in rural, urban and new international spaces (created by electronic media) as well as for interactions
between languages and styles.

E-mail the below address for the full text of the call for papers and send your abstract before 30 September 2004.

Conference convenors: Mena Lafkioui and Daniela
Merolla, University of Leiden.

D. Merolla, African Literatures, Languages and Cultures of Africa (TCA), Postbox 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, NL,

Mena Lafkioui, Languages and Cultures of the Middle East (TCMO), Postbox 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, NL

Email: menalafkioui@hotmail.com
Visit the website at http://www.leidenuniv.nl/let/nieuws/index.html

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