RAL Special Issue on Interrogating the “Post-Nation” in African Literary Writing: Globalities and Localities Guest Editor: Madhu Krishnan What is Africa? Where is Africa written and in whose image is Africa constructed? These questions have become commonplace refrains in discussions… Read More ›
Month: January 2015
Call For Papers: Twelfth Cadbury Conference (Deadline 1 March 2015)
Twelfth Cadbury Conference: Money Judgments 21-22 May 2015 University of Birmingham, UK The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham invites paper proposals for the 2015 Cadbury Conference, which will focus on research on money. The keynote address… Read More ›
‘This is literary achievement; where is yours?’ Radio Ghana’s ‘The Singing Net’ 60 years on
Africa in Words Guest Victoria Smith: On 28th January 1955 the Ghanaian song Yaa Nom Montie played for the first time on radio as the theme music of the country’s first literary programme, Singing Net. The song’s composer, J.H. Kwabena… Read More ›
Words on Teaching – “The Great War in Africa”
Africa in Words Guest Anne Samson: Ready packaged resources for those who want to explore the Great War in Africa are scarce. However, that shouldn’t put teachers and other educators off doing so as the amount of useful material on… Read More ›
Miners Shot Down – Film Screening, 5 Feb 2015
Miners Shot Down – Film Screening Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS Thursday 5 Feb, 7pm In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live… Read More ›
CFP: Researching Africa Day (deadline 25 Jan 2015)
Researching Africa Day 2015 St Antony’s College, University of Oxford Saturday, 7th March 2015, 09:00 – 17:45 Every year, Researching Africa Day brings together post-graduate and early career researchers from across a range of disciplines. The day offers an opportunity… Read More ›
Ankara Press: Q&A with Publisher Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
Ankara Press is a new romance imprint published by Nigerian publishing house Cassava Republic Press. The imprint launched on 15th December 2014 with six new titles, set in locations in Nigeria, South Africa and the UK. AiW author Emma Shercliff… Read More ›
Review: ‘Africa39’ – The Anthology and the Reader
In her Editor’s Note to the recently published Africa39 anthology, Ellah Allfrey asserts, “There is no danger of ‘a single story’ here.” She is referencing, of course, Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk, in which Adichie argues that a singular narrative about any… Read More ›
Call For Papers: Postcolonial Studies Association Convention 2015
PSA, University of Leicester (UK) 7 – 9 September 2015 Special Topic: Diasporas The first Postcolonial Studies Association Convention will be held at the University of Leicester from 7 to 9 September 2015. Contributions from academics and postgraduates investigating any area… Read More ›
africainwords.com 