AATF Convention San Diego 2024

The AATF is thrilled to announce our 2024 keynote speaker -- M. Alain Mabanckou!
Alain Mabanckou, Congolese-born French citizen, is an award-winning
novelist, journalist, poet and professor at the University of California
at Los Angeles where he focuses on Francophone Sub-Saharan African
Literature, African American Literature and Creative Writing.  His
novels and non-fiction writing portray life in contemporary Africa and
the African Diaspora in France.
Here are some links to help you get to know M. Mabanckou a bit more:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alain-Mabanckou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqnsASfiRoM
https://www.instagram.com/mabanckou/?hl=fr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_lyGqQggac
https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/mobile-africas-alain-mabanckou