The African Literature Association’s 1998 conference, “Multiculturalism and Hybridity in African Literatures,” will take place March 25-29 with some 325 participating scholars, 75 of them foreign. It’s the 24th conference for the Association, which was founded at UT in 1975 with the presence of no less than Chinua Achebe, who will be back this year as the conference’s keynote speaker. Other scholars include Maryse Cond� and Niyi Osundare, a leading Nigerian poet. The conference is the joint project of the Departments of English, French, and the Center for African and African-American Studies. Most events will take place at the Omni and Driskill hotels and the public is invited to the conference; attendance is free.

This article appears in January 16 • 1998 and January 16 • 1998 (Cover).

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