Dr. Joanna Boampong, a senior lecturer, of the Modern Languages Department, has been elected President of the Lusophone/Hispanophone Caucus of the African Literature Association at its 42^nd annual conference which took place from April 6^th to 9^th, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 

The Lusophone/Hispanophone Caucus of the African Literature Association (LHCALA) was formed on 15^th April, 2011 at the 37^th Annual African Literature Association Conference held in Athens, Ohio. It is a joint caucus of researchers, writers and teachers of African and African Diaspora literatures in Spanish and Portuguese. The caucus seeks to recognize, within the African Literature Association, the contributions to African and African Diaspora literatures and cultures from Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.

The objectives of the Lusophone/Hispanophone Caucus of the African Literature Association (LHCALA) includes the establishment of a network of researchers, writers and teachers who work on African and African Diaspora literatures and cultures in Spanish or Portuguese, and the provision of a forum for the dissemination of research in African and the African Diaspora literatures and cultures from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions.

It also seeks to promote cross-cultural dialogue between African and African Diaspora literatures and cultures in Spanish or Portuguese, as well as other literatures and cultures that have been influenced by or have influenced the latter.

We heartily congratulate Dr. Boampong on her election!