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Tsitsi E. JajiTsitsi E. Jaji  
Helen L. Bevington Associate Professor of Modern Poetry

Office Location: 304D Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address: tsitsi.jaji@duke.edu
Web Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKFh-0woXHY&list=PLgBIp6MpvvCNr6moOHOuN54db_xB3kV_5&index=2

Teaching (Spring, 2026):

  • Aaas 102.01, Intro afr-amer studies Synopsis
    Friedl bdg 240, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • Aaas 690s.02, Special topics Synopsis
    Biddle 069, Tu 01:25 PM-03:55 PM

Office Hours:

Fall '25 Semester:

Tuesdays 1-3pm or by appointment (Allen 502 Lobby)

Education:

Ph.D., Cornell University

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Jaji, T. "A Tribute in Verse (Benediction and Translation)." African Studies Review Cambridge University Press (CUP), (November, 2025): 1-5. [doi]  [abs]
  2. Jaji, T. "Our Readers Write: mediating Africa Poetry's Audiences." Research in African Literatures Indiana University Press, (2020)
  3. Jaji, T. "Trade of Tears: Removal's Resonance in the Black Atlantic." The Acoustics of the Social on Page and Screen. Ed. Aghoro, N. Bloomsbury, 2020. 
  4. Jaji, TE. Mother Tongues Poems. Northwestern University Press, November, 2019. 104 pages pp.  [abs]
  5. Jaji, T. "Zimbabwe in Verse: Anthologizing an Alternative Historiography." New Literary History 50.4Project MUSE, (2019): 609-639. [doi]

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