AiW Guest: Rashi Rohatgi Best “New” African Poets 2015 Anthology Anthologie Des Meilleures “Nouveaux” Poètes Africains 2015 Antologia Dos Melhores “Novos” Poetas Africanos 2015 “We couldn’t give poets topics because we are not Africa. We didn’t want to determine what Africa… Read More ›
Call me by my name: Stories from Calais and beyond Londonewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP 2 June – 22 June 2016 | 12pm–8pm (open every day) Free admission ‘Call me by my name’ is the latest exhibition… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Toni Stuart Vuyelwa Maluleke’s Things We Lost in the Fire is a meditation on all that still lies broken within and between South Africans. It is at once a meditation on the woundedness of South Africa’s black men, and,… Read More ›
Call for Papers Second Call Tydskrif vir Letterkunde and the Southern Modernities Project present a conference on “African and Diasporan African Literature: Imaginings, Modernities and Visions” 5-6 October 2016 University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Deadline for Proposals: 30 May… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Matthew Lecznar Toni Stuart is a South African poet, performer and spoken word educator, who presently works between Cape Town and London. Her work has been published in anthologies, journals and non-fiction books in South Africa and internationally. In 2013,… Read More ›
International Conference “Circulations: the (un)making of Southern Africa beyond and across borders” Johannesburg, 3-4 November 2016 Venue: Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, Wits University, East Campus Deadline: 30 May 2016 While transnational approaches have flourished in history and… Read More ›
Event: Cassava Republic Press Salon with Hawa Jande Golakai and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, hosted by Margie Orford in Waterstones Piccadilly, London
An eye for the “other”: Representations of alterity in contemporary postcolonial “texts” Date: 18 May 2016 Time: 5:00 PM Finishes: 18 May 2016 Time: 7:00 PM Venue: Russell Square: College BuildingsRoom: L67 Type of Event: Forum Series: CCLPS Critical Forum The condition… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Matthew Lecznar A General Theory of Oblivion tells the real life story of Ludovica Fernandes Mano, a Portuguese woman who spent most of her life in Luanda, Angola. The narrative is framed by Ludo’s remarkable decision to brick herself… Read More ›
Saraba Magazine welcomes submissions for 2016. Saraba will explore the theme of “Power” for its nineteenth issue, and the theme of “Money” for its twentieth issue. Issue 19: POWER Power is everywhere, diffused and embodied. What is Power? Where is Power?… Read More ›
AiW Author: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire Peter Kagayi is a Ugandan poet and lawyer. Recently announced as Anglophone coordinator at Writivism, he has taught Literature in various secondary schools in Uganda and was President of the Lantern Meet of Poets until recently. He curates… Read More ›
New art initiative Future Assembly announces Session One Exhibition and Public Programme It’s also a Solo Journey, News of the world gallery, 50 Resolution Way, Deptford, London, SE8 4NT, 29 April to 22 May 2016 Artists’ Platforms, Diaspora and Transnational… Read More ›
English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN) (Formerly NESA) In collaboration with Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria announces 32nd Annual National Conference 50th Anniversary of the Association and 2016 IFESAN Date: 5 – 8 September , 2016; Venue: Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University English… Read More ›
Manchester Literature Festival Presents: Marlon James 27 May 2016, 7pm, Manchester One of the most exciting voices to emerge from the Caribbean, Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize with A Brief History of Seven Killings. A fictional account… Read More ›
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