Margie Orford – ‘the Queen of South African crime fiction’ – is also an award-winning journalist, photographer, film director, and children’s author. Her internationally acclaimed literary crime fiction novels, featuring her journalist lead Clare Hart who assists the police investigating… Read More ›
Month: March 2016
Event: New Voices of Nigeria, 6 April 2016, Oxford Literary Festival
New Voices of Nigeria: Elnathan John, Sarah Ladipo Manyika and Leye Adenle Chaired by Paul Blezard Wednesday 6 April 2016 Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre A group of authors and publishers join forces to discuss new Nigerian writing to mark… Read More ›
CfP: A Room of Her Own: Writing Women’s Independence around the Globe, 20th May 2016, Leeds, Deadline: 4 April 2016
CFP: A Room of Her Own: Writing Women’s Independence around the Globe Friday 20th May 2016 University of Leeds (Blenheim Terrace House, 11-14, Room G.02), between 10.00 am until 5/6.00 pm The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is… Read More ›
Living in and through Zambia: Review of Tanvi Bush’s ‘Witch Girl’ (Modjaji Books)
AiW Guest: Gráinne O’Connell Witch Girl is a 2015 novel that reads like a play. Indeed, I hope to see more titles by this author, including plays. The title of the book, Witch Girl, reflects in part that the protagonist… Read More ›
Review: Moses Tladi UNEARTHED, South African National Gallery, 24 September 2015 – 31 March 2016
AiW Guest: Anthea Gordon To get to the South African National Art Gallery (SANG) you walk through the Company Gardens in Cape Town’s city centre. After passing baobab trees, a rose garden, and fountains in the middle of green lawns,… Read More ›
CfP: Paradigm Shifts in African Theatre and Performance, 21-24 July 2016, Abuja, Deadline 31 March 2016
Paradigm Shifts in African Theatre and Performance 2016 AfTA Annual International Conference University of Abuja, Nigeria 21 – 24 July 2016 Theatre and Performance have developed along several major lines of enquiry in Africa over the last six decades from… Read More ›
CfP: Philosophy of “Race” and Racism, 27-29 June 2016, Oxford, Deadline 23 April 2016
Philosophy of “Race” and Racism Conference 27-29 June 2016 University of Oxford, Philosophy Faculty W. E. B. Du Bois famously wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line”. All of us now are well… Read More ›
Event: Teju Cole: Black on All Sides, 22 March 2016, London
Teju Cole: Black on All Sides 22 March 2016 19:00-21:30 Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Decolonising Our Minds are pleased to welcome Teju Cole, world-renowned writer, art historian and photographer, for a talk at… Read More ›
Call for applications: Editorial Assistant for Africa in Words
Africa in Words (www.africainwords.com) is looking for a volunteer to join our team as Editorial Assistant. We have an average of 6500 readers each month from over 100 countries, with our largest readerships based in the UK, US, South Africa and… Read More ›
CfP: FEMRITE@20 – Rethinking African Literature Conference, 28-30 July 2016, Kampala, Deadline: 30 March 2016
FEMRITE@20 – Rethinking African Literature 28th-30th July 2016 School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30th March 2016 FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association invites abstracts for 15 – 20 minute presentations… Read More ›
Future Visions: Five Breakout Talents in African Film Today
AiW Guest: Sarah Jilani Returning to screens across London this past November, the Royal African Society’s annual Film Africa festival celebrated and promoted filmmaking from various countries across the continent. In a colourful week of reunions, fresh faces and thought-provoking… Read More ›
Event: Africa Salon 2016, 28 March – 3 April 2016, New Haven
YALE UNIVERSITY’S SECOND ANNUAL AFRICA SALON BRINGS NAME ARTISTS, VIBRANT PERFORMANCES, UNIQUE PROJECTS TO NEW HAVEN Festival offers week-long celebration of contemporary African arts and culture 28 March – 3 April 2016 New Haven The second annual AFRICA SALON, Yale… Read More ›
Memory and the Cartography of Dismembered Parts: A Review of Peter Akinlabi’s A Pagan Place
AiW Guest: Iquo DianaAbasi Eke. This month, AiW Guest, poet Iquo DianaAbasi Eke, continues our deep dive in The Eight New Generation African Poets with her review of Peter Akinlabi’s A Pagan Place. In this collection, Akinlabi comes across as an… Read More ›
Event: Picasso and Modern Africa 1945–73 (Red Africa season) Talk, 17 March 2016, London
Talk: Picasso and Modern Africa 1945–73 (Red Africa season) Thursday 17 March 2016 6:30pm — 8:00pm Calvert 22 | 22 Calvert Avenue | London E2 7JP Hear leading Picasso scholar Lynda Morris as she reveals the artist’s surprising historical engagement… Read More ›
Review: Ivan Vladislavić’s 101 Detectives
AiW Guest: Thando Njovane. As demonstrated by his substantial and sophisticated body of work, South Africa’s Ivan Vladislavić is certainly one of the most remarkable and versatile writers of our time. Vladislavić’s latest gift to letters is the insightful, elaborate,… Read More ›
Event: The Academic Book in the South, 7-8 March 2016, London
The Academic Book in the South 7th – 8th March 2016, 9.30pm – 5.30pm, Conference Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB This two day conference discusses how profound changes in publishing will affect the Academic Book of… Read More ›