7TH WAACLALS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

THEME: Migration, Conflicts and Existential Threats in Africa: Throwbacks from Linguistics,
Literature, Arts, Culture, Communication and Media Landscapes

CALL FOR PAPERS

The early years of the 21st Century have been experiencing serious global threats such as climate change, wars, epidemics, famine, massive migration, etc. Although the problem of
migration and displacement of populations worldwide is not new, the situation has somewhat worsened at the dawn of this century. but only the periods when it occurs, the treatment
of the people concerned, and the various ways of solving their problems differ. Africa is currently hard hit by the problem of the youth’s massive migration to Western countries. The
portrayal of Africa as a ‘continent on the move’ is linked to stereotypical ideas of Africa as a continent of poverty and conflict. In recent years, clandestine migration from Africa to
Europe and America has reached alarming proportions. This irregular migration from sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb has also been associated with international crime,
trafficking, and terrorism (Casttles et al., 2014). Conflicts and existential threats such as famine, poverty, food security, wars, terrorism, gender equality, and child education among
others, are other important problems plaguing Africa today (Wolf et al. (2001); Aremu (2010); Olatunji (2013), etc.).
This conference thus aims to investigate the problems pointed out above from linguistic, literature, art, cultural, communication, and media perspectives. We invite potential
contributors to submit abstracts of 200-250 words on any of the following, but not limited to these sub-themes:

Pedagogical challenges in migration
·Migration and identity: Loss and Gain
·Sociolinguistics of Migration and conflicts
·Multilinguism, citizenship and identity
·Transnationalism
·Migration, Conflict and Second Generation Belonging
·Immigrant incorporation and transnational participation as gendered
processes
·Discourses on language and migration and Integration
·Misinformation and impact on Migration and Conflicts
·The story of Migration and Aboriginal issues.
·Language issues in Migration and the economics of survival.
·The Japa syndrome and the African continent.
·Diaspora lands as milk and honey: Myth or Reality.
·Linguistic challenges of Migration.
Communicating the challenges of migration
·The existential threats of migration: Socio- political and economic
considerations.
·Migration as a cultural setback.
·The Arts and Culture of migrants examined.
·Language and Performing migration and conflict.
·Language andReporting migration, conflicts and threats in Print and Broadcast
channels.
·Film as an interrogator of Migration and Conflict issues in Africa.
Migration, conflicts and threats, and the place of Behavioral Change
Communication.
Migration, conflicts, and existential threats: the role of sub-national/
national governments in Africa.
Visual representations of Migration and conflict issues: A critical
evaluation.
·Migration and conflict; perspectives from the new media
·The Diaspora’s involvement in conflicts in Africa
·Historizing migration and conflict in Africa
·Migration and cultural appropriation
·Migration and conflict in political discourse
·Migration and Identity (Re) Construction
·Diasporan involvement in Africa’s social, economic, cultural and
political activities
·Managing the setbacks of migration and conflict in Africa
·Migration and conflict in contemporary African diasporan literature
·Language and media (De) construction of migration and conflict
·Migration and conflict; a sociological perspective
·Representation of the home in migrant/migration literature
·Illegal Migration; an empire of slavery and exploitation
·Migration, conflict, Language and gender issues
·Migration and double/multiple nationalities; stakes and
perspectives
·Migration and conflict in African curriculums
·Language contact and Migration
·New Englishes and Migration

Prof Ubanako Valentine Njende,
University of Yaounde 1
Keynote Speaker

Prof. Mbuh Tennu Mbuh,
University of Bamenda
Lead Paper Presenter

Prof. Eunice Fondze Fombele,
University of Buea
Lead Paper Presenter

Prof Emmanuel Nforbi,
Head of Department of Bilingual Letters,
University of Dschang
Guest Speaker

Prof Aristide Yemmafouo
Head of Departement of Geography,
university of Dschang.
Guest Speaker

REGISTRATION

Conference fee: $100
Postgraduate Student: $50

Account Name: UNIBEN Department of Mass Communication – WAACLALS
Account Number: 2032608096
Bank: First Bank

20th January, 2024
Abstract submission
deadline

31th January, 2024
Acceptance notification

28th February, 2024
Early bird registration
and paper submission

15th – 30th March, 2024
Regular registration
and paper submission

9th – 13th April, 2024
Conference date

HOTEL ACCOMODATION RESERVATIONS

Mbouoh Star Palace – Dschang
Hotel EMERAUD
Hotel De Malte – Dschang
Hotel du Lac

Hôtel Place De La Météo – Dschang
Theclaire Palace Hotel
Constellation Hotel
Hôtel Place De La Météo – Dschang

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRERS

Prof. Afutendem Lucas Nkwetta,
Chairman, LOC & Review Committee
Email: waaclals2024@univ-dschang.org
call: +23777555133, +237694397472
Host