Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis:
Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia
A VLIRUOS TEAM Project, joining scholars from Ghent University and Howest in Belgium, Jimma University in Ethiopia, and the University of Nairobi in Kenya
Announcements:
JUNE 2026
– For those who read Dutch! Interview of Megersa Regassa, Milkessa Edae-Tufa & Inge Brinkman with Nico van den Abeele, ‘De betovering van Afrikaanse vertelkunst: balanceren tussen improviseren en het collectief geheugen’, Open Doek 2 (June 2026) pp. 10-12.
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JUNE 2026
Forthcoming book publication: the OL4D TEAM offering folktales and visuals for teaching:
- Inge Brinkman, James Wachira, Teshome Mossissa, Peter Wasamba (eds), African storytelling and images in teaching: youth and crisis management through folktales and visuals from Kenya and Ethiopia (Brill-De Gruyter 2026). 124pp.
See Publications and other output
APRIL 2027
Call for Papers: 16th Conference of ISOLA: Agadir, Morocco, 13-16 April 2027
2027 ISOLA Morocco Call for Papers (English)
