@aa_boston YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD UP HIGH! There are few times where I have ever been prouder to be a Gamecock. @GamecockWBB y’all killed this tournament and I have no doubt we’ll get em next year!
Love the idea behind this ad. The new wave of tying advertising to great causes, like the Gillette commercial and this is great. Using baby alive to teach children how to care about one another is a great consumer insight #UofSC_SJMCacctplanning
stories. also a lot of African writers don't live in African anymore and appear to get published more than those that do this could be due to proximity to publishing houses but some wonder if it's something more @gulick_w#marketingAfricanlit
As a place of poverty, famine, war, and child soldiers. It also mentions a number of Africans who are taking this power back. African lit is in the middle of a "renaissance" in which African writers move away from nationalistic and ideological themes in order to tell their (3/4)
It specifically mentions Achebe and the way he was dissatisfied with the early covers for Things Fall Apart. It talks about the ways the west portrays Africa as an other, and focuses on the differences. How we are living in a world that only wants to hear about Africa (2/4)
This piece is one of my favorites this year, it discusses who defines African literature. It talks about how many author and some publishers are unhappy with the way publishers in the west portray African novels (1/4) https://t.co/5yaGXUCAc6
The opportunity is for African writers in a variety of subjects, fiction, non-fiction, art, photography, and book reviews. They are looking for something compelling, atypical, and dynamic. It's an amazing way for artists to get their work out there @gulick_w#marketingafricanlit
This piece discusses a publication opportunity for African writers based on the ancient city Ife, an important city in Yoruba tradition (1/2) https://t.co/lKNpRS6mVk
South African book covers, the importantance behind this piece is the fact that these are vastly different and break away from the idea of having to be an "African book cover" there are simply book covers @gulick_w#marketingAfricanlit
This by far is not the most scholarly article I have posted but I feel like it is incredibly important, this is a short list of what this writer believes to be the 17 best (1/2) https://t.co/WRqe3tzfQs
One of the publishers uses the line "telling our own stories" to signify the necessity for African stories to be told without any self-consciousness or external guidance (2/2) @gulick_w#marketingAfricanlit
This piece lists 6 notable African publishers from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ghana, and South Africa. Many of the publishers work to publish contemporary African lit, and a few have a number of notable romance novels https://t.co/pniU68vT0W (1/2)
We've been talking about the dangers of deepfakes in J50, and the dangers is poses to journalists and journalism as a profession. It's odd to see if used in a positive way, but it may not be the best strategy #UofSC_SJMCacctplanning
ABC and JCPenney brought two beloved characters together to create a first of its kind ad, really excited to see more ads like this and see how this strategy works! #UofSC_SJMCacctplanning