Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) Call for Film Submissions and Filmmaking Workshop Applications for its 4th Edition, March 2015 Submission deadline: 30 November 2014 The management of Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) whose 4th edition will take place from 17 to March 23,… Read More ›
Month: October 2014
Film Africa 2014, 31 October – 9 November 2014
Film African 2014 London Friday 31 October – Sunday 9 November Film Africa – the Royal African Society’s annual film festival and London’s biggest celebration of African cinema – returns for the fourth year with a bumper programme of films, premieres and visiting… Read More ›
Book giveaway: celebrating 4,000 followers
At the time of writing, we’re about to hit 4,000 followers across twitter, Facebook and wordpress, and the team at Africa in Words would like to thank you our readers, contributors and commentators for your support. As a small gesture… Read More ›
Africa in Words hosts Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe is a novelist, political commentator and essayist whose writing has been praised and championed by leading voices in African literature including Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong’o. His first novel Arrows of Rain was published in… Read More ›
“Out in Africa: Same-sex desire in sub saharan literatures and cultures” by Chantal Zabus (Review)
Mama still reminds me every once in a while that there are penalties in Nigeria for that sort of thing. And of course, she’s right. I’ve read of them in the newspapers and have heard of them on the… Read More ›
Celebrating Chinua Achebe’s Legacy: Arrow of God at 50 (24-25 October 2014)
Celebrating Chinua Achebe’s Legacy: Arrow of God at 50 Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House 24 & 25 October 2014 An international conference to commemorate Chinua Achebe’s work and influence, and to mark the fiftieth anniversary of… Read More ›
Reflections: Open Book (17-21 September, 2014)
AiW Guest Zukiswa Wanner Arrivals I receive my invitation to Open Book in March 2014. Just the way I like it. It’s a good six months before the Festival and I can mark my calendar accordingly. My itinerary, tickets and… Read More ›
Africa 39 in Conversation: Review, Storymoja Festival
AiW Guest Alexander Nderitu Writers from the Africa39 list were in conversation at this year’s Storymoja Festival which took place from 17th to 21st September in Nairobi, Kenya. The young authors, ably moderated by Kenyan academic and literary critic Keguro Macharia, were: Jackee… Read More ›
The Cambridge African Film Festival, 1-9 November 2014
The Cambridge African Film Festival Arts Picturehouse and Trinity College, Cambridge 1-9 November 2014 The Cambridge African Film Festival celebrates its 13th edition. Over 10 films and a South African focus. The longest running African film festival in the… Read More ›
Black Chronicles II Exhibition, London – 12 September – 29 November 2014
Black Chronicles II Rivington Place, London UK 12 September – 29 November 2014 Free Exhibition Autograph ABP presents Black Chronicles II, a new exhibition exploring black presences in 19th and early 20th-century Britain, through the prism of studio portraiture – continuing our critical mission… Read More ›
African Languages at ASAUK 2014
As part of our ongoing series on the ASAUK 2014 conference, Rebecca Jones reports on panels on African languages in literature and in the disciplines. Papers that discussed African languages could be found throughout the ASAUK 2014 conference – including panels on Swahili… Read More ›
Review: Mxolisi Nyezwa’s ‘Malikhanye’ – Are there words?
AiW Guest: Tom Penfold. ‘Malikhanye’: Are there words? i cannot understand why man exists and why things happen Mxolisi Nyezwa is a South African poet and Malikhanye (2011),[1] published by Deep South Press, is his third collection of poetry… No…. Read More ›
Writers’ Boot Camp comes to Cape Town, 24 – 29 November 2014
Writers’ Boot Camp, Cape Town Submissions due by 31 October 2014 Writers’ Studio in conjunction with Cape Town Central Library present five days of writing workshops for emerging and established writers. Facilitated by acclaimed writers and teachers, and fueled by… Read More ›
Publishing in Africa and African Studies: Review, ASAUK 2014 (Part 2)
AiW Guest Stephanie Kitchen This post is the second in a two part series reviewing the panels in the Publishing Stream at ASAUK. Read Part 1: the politics of publishing in Africa. Journal publishing The ‘African journals’ roundtable at ASAUK… Read More ›