Conferences

• May 28-30, 2026. (WOCALA and QASALA Sponsored Panel), “Gendered and Queer Articulations of Agency in Contemporary African Media.” 2026 Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association, Knoxville, Tennessee. Panelists: Nneoma Onwuegbuchi (Chair and Presenter), William Spurlin, Kerry Manzo, Z’etoile Imma, Esther Ajayi-Lowo. Discussant: Kanika Batra.

• May 28-30, 2026. Author Meets Critic Panel on James Yeku’s, The Algorithmic Age of Personality, 2026 Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association, Knoxville, Tennessee. Panelists: Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Nneoma Onwuegbuchi, Stephanie Santana, Susanna Stacks, Nathan E. Suhr.

• November 13-16, 2025. “Social Support: Communities of Queer Intimacy.” 45th Annual Meeting of the National Women's Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Panelists: Nneoma Onwuegbuchi, Victoria Elizabeth Thomas, Halimat Somotan, Beren Azizi.

• December 12-14, 2024. “Queer Identities, Bodily Politics, and Malleable Memories,” African Studies Association, Chicago, IL. Panelists: Nneoma Onwuegbuchi, Ivana Uzoh, Marina J. Mecham, Ibrahimou Hamadou.

• June 16-17, 2022. “Incarceration and Unsilence in Stella Nyanzi’s No Roses from my Mouth,” American Comparative Literature Association, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. Panelists: Chijioke Kizito Onah, Nneoma Onwuegbuchi, Isabella Villanova, Tasnim Qutait.

• June 21-25, 2022. “‘Nigeria’s Male Barbies’: LGBTQ Activism and Social Media in Africa,” Lagos Studies Association, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

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