Ida Hadjivayanis, “Norms of Swahili Translations in Tanzania: An Analysis of Selected Translated Prose”, 2006-2011 second supervisor
Benedetta Lanfranchi, “Judging crimes against humanity in Acholi: a philosophical interpretation of the use of Acholi traditional justice mechanisms in the aftermath of the war in northern Uganda”, 2011-2015, lead supervisor
Sara Marzagora, “Alterity, coloniality and modernity in Ethiopian political thought: the first three generations of 20th century Amharic-language intellectuals”, 2014-2015, lead supervisor
Joshua McNamara, “Small scale audiovisual production and its relationship with the development and aid sector in Nairobi: an approach toward Kenya’s media environment, from the perspective of practice-based research”, 2011-2015, second supervisor
Katriina Ranne, “The image of water in the poetry of Euphrase Kezilahabi”, 2006-2010, lead supervisor
Aïsha Schmitt, “Beyond praising the prophet: making new meanings in Zanzibari Qasida”, 2008-2012, second supervisor
Czechoslovakia’s Swahilists: Elena Bertoncini-Zúbková
Rettová, Alena (2019). In: Aiello, Flavia, (eds.) and Gaudioso, Roberto, (eds.), Lugha na Fasihi : Scritti in onore e memoria di / Essays in honour and memory of Elena Bertoncini Zúbková. Napoli: Unior Press, pp 543-550
Rettová, Alena (2016). In: Gikandi, Simon, (ed.), Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 11 - The Novel in Africa and the Caribbean since 1950. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 71-86
Comparative Literature and the Position of the Critic
Rettová, Alena (2016). In: Loveday, Leo, (eds.) and Parpală, Emilia, (eds.), Ways of Being in Cultural and Literary Spaces. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp 206-217
Rettová, Alena (2016). In: Beck, Rose Marie, (eds.) and Kresse, Kai, (eds.), Abdilatif Abdalla: Poet in Politics. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, pp 109-122
Les défis de la philosophie interculturelle aux temps postcoloniaux et postcommunistes
Rettová, Alena (2013). In: Kasanda, Albert, (ed.), Dialogue interculturel. Cheminer ensemble vers un autre monde possible. Paris: L'Harmattan, pp 73-111
‘The horns of my thoughts are fastened together in a knot’: transformations of ‘humanity’ in Swahili and Shona literatures
Rettová, Alena (2008). In: Oed, Anja, (eds.) and Reuster-Jahn, Uta, (eds.), Beyond the Language Issue: The Production, Mediation and Reception of Creative Writing in African Languages. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe, pp 263-274
Inkos' uLobengula yasinyamalala: The Attitude to Tradition in Ndebele Theoretical Writing
Rettová, Alena (2007). In: Malaba, Mbongeni, (eds.) and David, Geoff, (eds.), Zimbabwean Transitions: Essays on Zimbabwean Literature in English, Ndebele, and Shona. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi, pp 53-76
Review of "Elena Bertoncini Zúbková, Mikhail D. Gromov, Said A. M. Khamis and Kyallo Wadi Wamitila: Outline of Swahili Literature. Prose Fiction and Drama".
Rettová, Alena (2009). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (72) 3, pp 594-596