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“Abbia magazine was one of Professor Fonlon’s greatest legacies,” says Professor Michael Abioseh Porter

In InterviewsMay 31, 2021September 5, 2023392 ViewsLeave a comment

Sierra Leonean-born Professor Michael Abioseh Porter, who knew Cameroon’s Professor Bernard Nsokika Fonlon very well laments the demise of one of Professor Fonlon’s literary legacies: the internationally renowned …

“The African Literature Association defends human rights,” says Professor Abioseh Porter

In InterviewsMay 31, 2021September 18, 2021140 ViewsLeave a comment

Martin Jumbam

I re-visit the following interview which I conducted in the late 90s with Sierra Leonean-born Professor Michael Abioseh Porter of Drexel University in Philadelphia in which he talks about the …

The African Literature Association created the Fonlon-Nichols Award

In InterviewsMay 31, 2021July 22, 2021124 ViewsLeave a comment

Martin Jumbam

In this part of his interview on Cameroonian and African literatures, Professor Abioseh Porter talks about the Fonlon-Nichols Prize, which the African Literature Association (ALA) created to reward excellence in …

“The internet is boosting literary creativity in Africa,” says Professor Michael Abioseh Porter

In InterviewsMay 31, 2021October 8, 202183 ViewsLeave a comment

Martin Jumbam

In the following interview, conducted in 2006 but which still has its relevance today, Sierra Leonean-born Professor of African literatures, Michael Abioseh Porter of Drexel University in Philadephia, USA, discusses, …

“Africa can rightly be proud of its Nobel literary laureates,” says Professor Michael Abioseh Porter.

In InterviewsMay 31, 2021September 22, 2021155 ViewsLeave a comment

Martin Jumbam

Sierra Leonean-born Professor Michael Abioseh Porter of Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA, applauds the contributions African writers have made to world literature, and further elaborates on how he sees African …