Humans and non-humans in African verbal arts: Narrativity and environmental poetics at the dawn of the climate crisis—Introduction

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https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v62i3.24567

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African verbal arts

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  • Hermelind le Doeuff, Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Paris, France

    Hermelind le Doeuff is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Paris, France.

  • Cécile Leguy, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France

    Cécile Leguy is professor of linguistic anthropology at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, and director of the LACITO (Langues et civilisations à tradition orale) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, France.

  • Daniela Merolla, Langues et Cultures du Nord de l’Afrique et Diasporas (LACNAD), Paris, France

    Daniela Merolla is professor at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Oriental (INALCO) and director of the INALCO research centre Langues et Cultures du Nord de l’Afrique et Diasporas (LACNAD), Paris, France.

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2025-12-01

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le Doeuff, H., Leguy, C., & Merolla, D. (2025). Humans and non-humans in African verbal arts: Narrativity and environmental poetics at the dawn of the climate crisis—Introduction. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 62(3), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v62i3.24567