AiW Guest Emylia Hall One of my favourite quotes on the subject of the craft of writing comes from the Pulitzer Prize-winner, Katherine Anne Porter: ‘Get so well acquainted with your characters that they live and grow in your imagination exactly… Read More ›
Month: June 2013
CFP: Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry
Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry – ‘New Topographies of the Postcolonial’ CALL FOR PAPERS (30th September 2012) “Dear Colleague, At a time when disciplines are scrambling to keep up with both the accelerations and upheavals of a global informational… Read More ›
Failures of Gilroy’s Black Atlantic (1993)
Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic – book and concept – has been a relevant reference for African and Atlantic studies. In JSTOR, a database of academic papers, when the words “black Atlantic” and “Gilroy” are used in the search engine, more… Read More ›
Writing Africa’s Futures: an ASAUK/Caine Prize Event. July 5th, 2013.
Friday, 5 July, 14:00–17:00 FREE (booking recommended) at the British Library Conference Centre http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event145399.html As part of the Africa Writes festival and in collaboration with the Caine Prize, the Royal African Society and the British Library, this event celebrates 50… Read More ›
Q&A: Poet, writer and educator Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet, writer and educator based in London. Her poetry reads as both artistic and activist practice, documenting stories of journey, trauma and sexual violence, alienation, assimilation, transformation and recuperation. Warsan’s début book, Teaching My Mother… Read More ›
Writing South Africa Now: A Colloquium. University of Cambridge, 2 July.
Writing South Africa Now: A Colloquium, July 2nd, 2013 Faculty of English, University of Cambridge Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 Confirmed Plenary speaker: Dr Nadia Davids (Queen Mary, University of London) ‘Writing and Performing South Africa’s Past in the Present: an Exploration of… Read More ›
CFP: East Africa at 50 – A Celebration of Histories and Futures (deadline 30 June)
10-12 September 2013, University of Nairobi, Kenya Call for Papers East Africa at 50 is an initiative that brings together scholars, writers, journalists, filmmakers and other knowledge producers for a reflection and celebration of the Eastern African region from the vantage… Read More ›
Bayan Layi : Blogging the Caine Prize
I just talk without direction, like the harmattan wind that just blows and blows, scattering dust. Me, I just like to say it as I remember it. And sometimes you have to explain the story. Sometimes the explanation lies… Read More ›
Short Story Day Africa 2013
“Short Story Day Africa exists because we have something to tell the world. About us. In our own voices.” Now in its third year, Short Story Day Africa sets aside the shortest day (or night) of the year – this year it’s… Read More ›
Blogging the Caine Prize: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘The Whispering Trees’
AiW Guest Sylvia Gasana Hauntingly beautiful! Those are the two first words that come to mind when describing Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘The Whispering Trees’. I’m always very excited to read a story that has a title that instantly transports you…. Read More ›
Blogging the Caine Prize – Pede Hollist’s ‘Foreign Aid’
Coming to the Caine Prize blog party late in terms of Pede Hollist’s ‘Foreign Aid’, I’m aware that a lot of the ground on this story has already been covered – see the end of this post for links to… Read More ›