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Lokangaka Losambe

Frederick M. and Fannie C.P. Corse Professor of English

Lokangaka.Losambe@uvm.edu
Lokangaka.Losambe@uvm.edu
Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D. University of Ibadan, 1983

BIO

Lokangaka Losambe is the Frederick M. and Fannie C.P. Corse Professor of English at ¶¶Òõ̽̽. He previously taught African, African Diaspora and English literatures at universities in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Swaziland, and South Africa. His publications include Postcolonial Agency in African and Diasporic Literature and Film: A Study in Globalectics; Borderline Movements in African Fiction; An introduction to the African Prose Narrative; Literature, the Visual Arts and Globalization in Africa and Its Diaspora (edited with Maureen Eke);Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa (edited with Devi Sarinjeive); and The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature (edited with Tanure Ojaide- forthcoming in August 2023). Dr. Losambe also served as the president of the African Literature Association (ALA) in 2012-2013.

Courses

  • Introduction to African Literature
  • Harlem Renaissance and Negritude
  • African Drama and Film
  • Literature and Society in Africa
  • Black Identities
  • Post-Coloniality in African-American Literature
  • African Drama
  • Images of Africa in World Literature

Publications

Publications (DOCX)

Awards and Achievements

  • University Scholar Award 2014/2015, University of Vermont
  • Awarded Lattie Coor Faculty Development Award (2012)
  • Elected President of African Literature Association (2011-2012)
  • Elected Vice President of African Literature Association (2010-2011)
  • Awarded the Frederick M. and Fannie C. P. Corse Professorship in English Language and Literature (2009- Present)
  • Convened the 35th Annual Conference of African Literature Association (ALA) at ¶¶Òõ̽̽, Burlington, Vermont (2009)
  • Awarded a Vermont Humanities Council Grant (2009)
  • Elected to the Executive Council of African Literature Association (2007- 2010)
  • Elected to Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly (2007-2011)
  • Zairian Government Scholarship (for students of merit) for Ph.D. studies at the University of Ibadan (1979-1983)
  • British Council Scholarship, for M.Ed. course (TEFL) at the University of Wales, Cardiff (1977-1979)
  • U.S. Department of State Grant for a short course in TEFL and American culture at San Francisco State University (1977)
  • M.A. degree granted with distinction, National University of Zaire (1976)

Area(s) of expertise

African-Anglophone literature, Pan-African literature, Black Atlantic literature, Post-colonialism

Bio

Lokangaka Losambe is the Frederick M. and Fannie C.P. Corse Professor of English at ¶¶Òõ̽̽. He previously taught African, African Diaspora and English literatures at universities in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Swaziland, and South Africa. His publications include Postcolonial Agency in African and Diasporic Literature and Film: A Study in Globalectics; Borderline Movements in African Fiction; An introduction to the African Prose Narrative; Literature, the Visual Arts and Globalization in Africa and Its Diaspora (edited with Maureen Eke);Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa (edited with Devi Sarinjeive); and The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature (edited with Tanure Ojaide- forthcoming in August 2023). Dr. Losambe also served as the president of the African Literature Association (ALA) in 2012-2013.

Courses

  • Introduction to African Literature
  • Harlem Renaissance and Negritude
  • African Drama and Film
  • Literature and Society in Africa
  • Black Identities
  • Post-Coloniality in African-American Literature
  • African Drama
  • Images of Africa in World Literature

Publications

Publications (DOCX)

Awards and Achievements

  • University Scholar Award 2014/2015, University of Vermont
  • Awarded Lattie Coor Faculty Development Award (2012)
  • Elected President of African Literature Association (2011-2012)
  • Elected Vice President of African Literature Association (2010-2011)
  • Awarded the Frederick M. and Fannie C. P. Corse Professorship in English Language and Literature (2009- Present)
  • Convened the 35th Annual Conference of African Literature Association (ALA) at ¶¶Òõ̽̽, Burlington, Vermont (2009)
  • Awarded a Vermont Humanities Council Grant (2009)
  • Elected to the Executive Council of African Literature Association (2007- 2010)
  • Elected to Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly (2007-2011)
  • Zairian Government Scholarship (for students of merit) for Ph.D. studies at the University of Ibadan (1979-1983)
  • British Council Scholarship, for M.Ed. course (TEFL) at the University of Wales, Cardiff (1977-1979)
  • U.S. Department of State Grant for a short course in TEFL and American culture at San Francisco State University (1977)
  • M.A. degree granted with distinction, National University of Zaire (1976)

Areas of Expertise

African-Anglophone literature, Pan-African literature, Black Atlantic literature, Post-colonialism

Associations and Affiliations

Associations and Affiliations

  • African Literature Association (ALA)
  • Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
  • African Studies Association(ASA)