Charles Cantalupo's work has received support from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations and the World Bank. He is the author of four books of translations of Eritrean poetry; four books of literary criticism ranging from Thomas Hobbes to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o; a memoir, Joining Africa – from Anthills to Asmara; a book of selected essays, Non-Native Speaker; and four books of his own poetry, the most recent of which is The Woodstock Sandal and Further Steps. He is co-author of the historic "Asmara Declaration on African Languages and Literatures" and his latest book, Sykes in Eritrea, is on the photography of Lawrence F. Sykes.