About Callaloo
Dr. Charles H. Rowell founded Callaloo in 1976 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. With its emphasis on critical studies of the arts and humanities, as well as creative writing, Callaloo has emerged as the most essential and continuously published journal in matters pertinent to African American and African Diaspora Studies worldwide. It has been a vital and much-anticipated source of information and lively conversation among both established and emerging scholars and creative writers. Through careful editing, the journal has remained accessible to the discerning general reader.
The journal publishes original work by and about writers and visual artists of African descent worldwide.
Callaloo offers an engaging mixture of fiction, poetry, critical articles, interviews, drama, and visual art. Frequently annotated bibliographies, special issues dedicated to prominent writers and literary, social, and cultural themes, and full-color, original artwork and photography are some features of this highly acclaimed international showcase of arts and letters.
Founding Callaloo
The journal has broadened its reach through the years with the addition of a book series, a visual arts series, and creative writing workshops. Its annual conferences have often attracted scholars and writers as panelists and audience members from around the world. In 2018, Dr. Rowell was awarded the Madam C.J. Walker Award by the long-established Hurston/Wright Foundation (Washington, D.C.) for his dedication to supporting and sustaining African American and African Diaspora literature. The journal’s two editorial boards (Associate Editors/Contributing and Advisory Editors) consist of 30-plus distinguished scholars, writers, and advisors.
Under Dr. Rowell’s leadership, Callaloo has enjoyed over forty years of uninterrupted publication, including 35 with its current publisher, Johns Hopkins University Press.
Callaloo is housed at and sponsored by the Callaloo Foundation, Inc., Washington, DC. Callaloo Foundation, Inc is a tax exempt, non-profit foundation whose mission is to preserve the literature and culture of the African Diaspora by publishing Callaloo in perpetuity
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