SINCE the emergence of IRCALC written symposia and critical debates on African writings, international scholars, literary researchers and members of the network have expressed regrets about the lack of interest and non availability of recent publications from the emerging bulk of local African authors and publishers. This is in sharp contrast to the contributions of Europe- and America-based individuals and organizations in the exchange of PDF electronic copies of published materials of poetry, novel and drama. It is perceived in many African quarters that the electronic medium of book and information dissemination is a powerful tool of the western world to triple international awareness and reception of the writings and thought of imperial nations. Even currently, African writers living in the “Diasporas” of United States, Britain and Germany tend to have their works duly promoted while it has been nearly impossible to assess the bulk of more credible writings coming from indigenous African authors and publishers. This is in spite of numerous titles on yearly basis supposedly in print and circulation by these same indigenous publishing organizations in Africa. Writing on the rather unfortunate phenomenon where Diaspora writing is on the ascendancy over its authentic homeland counterpart, a writer in Africa adumbrates its implications for African literature thus:

…the distortion of the African image from the early twentieth century enters the new millennium in a worrisome dimension that involves the jostle for theoretical bearings from the West. It is a sad thing for Africa that her younger indigenous extractions are the carriers of this viral trend goaded on by a presumptuous British and American dominated information production and promotion machinery. Unfortunately the local intelligentsia do not seem to integrate a qualitative and home rooted scholarship that understands its own indigenous base from which it should interact with the outside world. Thus, either way, these hollow men and women who continue to write or critique their cultures in Western precepts will fare Africa no better because in pandering to foreign expectations as their guarantee for gaining some international respite they only threaten to bring a whole circle of African writing to its loathsome cul-de-sac in alien or poorer mutant traditions.

In a bid to remedy this situation and give voice to ‘voiceless’ African authors, IRCALC Editors are hereby inviting African publishers and local authors to participate in its current and future programs on African literary awareness and criticism. This program is founded on our Mission to further the imaginative approach to Africa's leadership and development concerns through providing an online network for independent discourse on Africa's literatures and cultures and, indeed, other writings of Black Diaspora that lend meaning and support to this African vision. Publishers and authors will be required to provide or assist in the provision of PDF Copies of some of their most consistent fiction and poetry publications. Where no PDF copies are available, there are online organizations that could collocate Microsoft Word or Word Perfect copies of the relevant books into PDF distribution copies for our review and critical evaluation purposes. 

Publishers and authors of qualitative and serious African fictional works are in fact welcome to join this IRCALC initiative on Africa which has given impetus for the emergence of rich and scholarly publications on African cultural expressions. Your publications may be forwarded by email attachments to IRCALC Editors ircalc@gmail.com

Also provide a short biodata of author or company profile /corporate vision. Visit our website for latest reviews and critical appreciation of modern African literatures as published in the Journals of African Literature [JAL] and New Poetry [NP] Expressions.

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