The Royal African Society is looking for volunteers with a passion for African literature to help run Africa Writes, which returns for its fourth year running! About us Africa Writes is an annual festival organised by the Royal African Society,… Read More ›
A quick heads up that the latest issue of Saraba Magazine is now out, and available to download for free here: http://www.sarabamag.com/the-survival-issue This issue is themed around ‘Survival’, and as Saraba puts it: “A word from the 1590s, “survival” implies the… Read More ›
Yinka Shonibare Wednesday, May 13th | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Brunei Galler Lecture Theatre (BGLT), SOAS The Centre of African Studies is honoured to welcome the renowned artist Yinka Shonibare MBE RA to deliver our annual lecture, marking the… Read More ›
Researching Nigeria Day 18th June 2015 University of Birmingham The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham invites participants to present and discuss new research on Nigeria at a daylong workshop on 18th June 2015. The… Read More ›
I’m a big fan of the digitisation projects going on around universities and archives to make historical photographs accessible to everyone. Whilst it’s amazing to see an original daguerrotype, beautifully preserved and framed (or even in a special collection room… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Sarah Middleton. It has become hard to imagine living in a place where there’s a constant supply of electricity. In Cape Town we experience load-shedding, like the rest of the country, as a measure to prevent the collapse… Read More ›
Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies, in association with Liverpool University Press, welcome reflections on the following: Postcolonial Mobilities in the Francophone World Friday 13 & Saturday 14 November 2015 Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London, The large-scale movement… Read More ›
Malawian writer Muthi Nhlema’s story “Ta O’Reva,” about a time-traveling Nelson Mandela, is competing in a “Long-Short Story Contest” held by online publisher Freeditorial. The contest, which will conclude on July 4, 2015, will be decided by the highest number… Read More ›
The Journalof History and Cultures (JHAC) is inviting postgraduates and early career academics to submit articles or book reviews for its next issue. JHAC is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to pioneering new research in history and cultures. Drawing on… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Tessa Lewin. On 12th March 2015 the University of Brighton was visited by two extraordinary South Africans – Zanele Muholi and Lerato Dumse. They were talking about queer black visual activism in South Africa, 21 years after the advent… Read More ›
Joyful Noise presents: Funmi Olawumi Friday 10 April, 7pm Union Chapel, London Price: £17 / £15 concessions Nigerian singer Funmi Olawumi, the leader and founder of the Yoruba Women Choir, performs an intimate show with her band as she premiers… Read More ›
As the seasons change and Spring begins to arrive here in the UK, it seems a good time look forward to some forthcoming African fiction, non-fiction and poetry releases due over the next few months. What are you looking forward… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Eckard Smuts. Now, almost two weeks after the event, as I try to assemble a tidy picture of the sway and flow of our numerous discussions, an image comes back to me: a horn, black, from the mouth… Read More ›
Future Sound of Mzansi – Film Screening 28 April 2015, 8pm Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS dir. Nthato Mokgata & Lebogang Rasethaba, South Africa 2014, 1h38m Co-directed by performance artist and producer Spoek Mathambo, this documentary aims to explore, express, and… Read More ›
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