Vol 16, No 1 (2025)

• Literacy learning across contexts, guest edited by Dr. Zelda Barends ( 0000-0002-8380-1289). This collection contributes to the journal by examining how literacy learning is shaped across home, play, and work environments. The articles adopt interdisciplinary and socio-cultural perspectives to explore how everyday contexts influence reading and writing practices, with a focus on improving educational outcomes and fostering lifelong learning in diverse African communities.

Vol 15, No 1 (2024)

• Literacy in practice, guest edited by Prof. Chinaza Uleanya ( 0000-0002-7732-0905)and Dr. Eileen Scheckle ( 0000-0002-9140-4347). This collection contributes to the journal by presenting research that explores the practical dimensions of literacy development in diverse African contexts. Drawing on real-world literacy challenges and practices, the articles offer insights into how reading and writing are taught, learned, and applied across communities, schools, and informal learning environments, contributing to educational equity and social transformation.

• Translanguaging-for-learning in the South, guest edited by Prof. Carolyn McKinney ( 0000-0002-1995-7238)and Dr. Xolisa Guzula ( 0000-0001-8348-6664). This collection contributes to the journal by investigating how translanguaging and multilingual pedagogies enhance literacy and subject learning in under-resourced schools. Focusing on interventions in the Western Cape, the articles examine the interplay of language, curriculum, and context, offering evidence-based strategies that enrich literacy instruction and support inclusive, linguistically responsive education in African classrooms.

Vol 14, No 1 (2023)

Vol 13, No 1 (2022)

Vol 12, No 1 (2021)

Vol 11, No 1 (2020)

Vol 10, No 1 (2019)

Vol 9, No 1 (2018)

Includes an exclusive collection on Digital Literacy, sub-edited by Hossana Twinomurinzi

Vol 8, No 1 (2017)

Vol 7, No 2 (2016)

Imagination and literacy, sub-edited by Karin Murris and Catherine Kell

Vol 7, No 1 (2016)

Vol 6, No 1 (2015)

Vol 5, No 1 (2014)

Vol 4, No 1 (2013)

Vol 3, No 1 (2012)

Vol 2, No 1 (2011)

Vol 1, No 1 (2010)