The Global South as World Literature

Call for Papers

The Global South as World Literature

Journal: English Studies in Africa
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 20 December 2026

English Studies in Africa invites high-quality submissions for its Special Issue on The Global South as World Literature.

About the Special Issue

This Special Issue reimagines the concept of World Literature through the intellectual, political, and cultural perspectives of the Global South. Rather than viewing world literature as an extension of Western literary traditions, it positions the Global South as an active creator of diverse literary worlds shaped by colonial histories, anti-imperial struggles, indigenous knowledge systems, and South–South solidarities.

The issue welcomes interdisciplinary scholarship exploring how literary practices, critical theories, translation, adaptation, and cultural exchange challenge Eurocentric frameworks while advancing new understandings of global literary production and decolonial knowledge.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include, but are not limited to:

• Contrapuntal readings across Global South literatures

• Decolonial reinterpretations of Western literary canons

• South–South literary dialogues and transregional exchanges

• Indigenous, diasporic, and creole literary epistemologies

• Literary adaptation, translation, and genre transformation

• World literature as practice rather than category

• Literary institutions and Global South canon formation

• Orality, performance, and non-alphabetic literacies

• Climate justice, migration, and planetary crises in literature

• Critical engagements with Said, Spivak, Ngũgĩ, Ahmad, Cheah, and related thinkers

Preferred Article Types

The journal welcomes:

• Original Research Articles

• Literary and Cultural Studies

• Comparative Literature Research

• Interdisciplinary and Theoretical Contributions

Submission Information

• Abstract Deadline: 20 April 2026 (150 words)

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: 20 December 2026

• Manuscripts should be 4,000–7,000 words.

• Papers must be fully anonymized for double-blind peer review.

• A separate cover letter with author details and abstract must accompany submissions.

• Expected publication: July 2028.

Special Issue Editor

• Prof. Yanbin Kang, Tongji University

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