Comp. Lit.
Words Without Borders is making an effort at promoting literature of the non-English speaking world in translation, and there appears to be quite a lot here worth looking into (from Outside of a Dog, located via Outside Counsel. It’s surprising to me, though, that even with Chinua Achebe on the board, there’s nothing from Africa, despite all the Senegalese, Cameroonian, and other Francophone African authors. Perhaps it’s because Ousmane Sembene works in film these days, Camera Laye is dead, and Mr. Achebe writes in English to begin with?