Earlier in the year Africa in Words editors and authors attended Africa Writes 2013 in London. This literature and book festival organized by the Royal African Society hosted some of the most exciting names in contemporary African literature at the… Read More ›
Film Africa – London’s annual celebration of African cinema – returns for a third year with a line-up of over 60 films from across the continent screening at six major venues over ten days (Friday 1 – Sunday 10 November)…. Read More ›
Issue Three: A Tall Glass of Water, Summer 2013 Deadline for completed submissions: Monday, November 11th Prufrock and Fox & Raven are joining forces to publish the best of short genre fiction in South Africa. Submit your original story of up… Read More ›
Africa in Words Guest: Gavin Brown. When I set out to research the history of the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London, I knew I could trace enough former participants in that protest to make the project… Read More ›
The deadline for the Morland Writing Scholarship is 31st October 2013. Up to 3 grants of £18,000 (paid monthly over the course of a year) will be awarded to early career writers to enable them to pursue their work…. Read More ›
Following our interview with Emmanuel Iduma, and his insights into the founding and evolution of Saraba Magazine, we are excited to now be offering a taster of the magazine by sharing some extracts from the latest Art Issue. Emmanuel Iduma and Dami… Read More ›
Wednesday, 23 October, 6:30-8PM |Kings College, London Mary Kingsley Zochonis Lecture – Adapting to climate change: Coping with the effects of weather changes in rural Sierra Leone, by Dr Kabba S. Bangura, Department of Geography, University of Sierra Leone Thursday, 24… Read More ›
By AiW Guest: Steffan Horowitz The latest issue (August 2013) of Chimurenga’s quarterly pan-African gazette, the Chronic, and its accompanying Chronic Books magazine are now available in print or for download. It features contributions from the likes of Akin Adesokan,… Read More ›
Emmanuel Iduma co-founded the Nigerian literary magazine Saraba in 2009. The magazine, now in its 14th issue, aims to ‘create unending voices by publishing the finest emerging writers’. Each issue is published in PDF and ‘themed’ – with recent editions… Read More ›
AiW guest James Smith. Nina Munk’s The Idealist: Jeffery Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty (Random House) isn’t a book only about Jeffery Sachs. It’s a book about the world as we would like it to be, an uncomfortable… Read More ›
SHOWCASE and Bureau Africa have just released their newest production, a series of film interviews with Ghanaian contemporary visual artists. The video project is now internationally launched under the title “The Black Stars of Ghana – Art District“ and comprises a series of documented conversations… Read More ›
I’m delighted to introduce this post from Africa in Words Guest author, Louise Müller for the ‘African classics’ series. As Nara discussed last week, this series aims to give a fresh or alternative insight, giving our readers a chance to… Read More ›
By AiW Guest: Uche Peter Umez. “Different writers in different locations at different times find their different reasons for writing.” Interviewer’s Note: AFAM AKEH, the author of Stolen Moments (1988), has won prizes and other honours for his poems, short stories… Read More ›
From the 11th to the 19th October. The African Film Festival of Cordoba, 10 years breaking stereotypes. 66 films by 31 different countries in the programme, along with parallel activities, exhibitions and a space for professionals. The African Film Festival… Read More ›
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