A’FRIQUENCY: The New Sound of Africa – London Launch w/ Efya, Silvastone, DJ Edu, New Age Musik, DJ Neptizzle, Adam Tiran On Friday September 9th, pan-African international event series A’friquency lands in London for an all-star launch party showcasing the… Read More ›
Month: August 2016
Eric 1Key’s Entre 2: a ‘story about a hero and a coward’
AiW Guest: Ceri Whatley AiW Note: This is the third in a series of four posts in which Ceri Whatley discusses Rwandan artist Eric 1Key’s album Entre 2, as well as presenting original translations of 1Key’s lyrics from Kinyarwanda and French… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Artists in Residency, Africa Centre, deadline: 30 September 2016
Since its inception in 2011, the Africa Centre’s Artist in Residency Programme (AIR) has successfully awarded 39 African artists the chance to take up residencies across the globe. Through continued partnerships with residency programmes in Australia, Brazil, India, Spain, China and the United… Read More ›
Eric 1Key’s Entre 2 -Virtually Yours, an ‘online love story’
AiW Guest: Ceri Whatley AiW Note: This is the second in a series of four posts in which Ceri Whatley discusses Rwandan artist Eric 1Key’s album Entre 2, as well as presenting original translations of 1Key’s lyrics from Kinyarwanda and French to English. We are… Read More ›
Event: #Babishai2016 Poetry Festival, 24 to 26 August 2016, Kampala
The #Babishai2016 Poetry Festival, 24 to 26 August 2016 at Maria’s Place in Ntinda, opposite Froebel stage, near Victory City Church
Call for Submissions: Beneath this Skin, Ake Review, deadline: 29 August 2016
Aké Review Call for Submissions Beneath this Skin Deadline 29 August 2016 In anticipation of its 2016 edition, the Ake Arts and Book Festival is delighted to announce a call for entries for Ake Review, our annual journal…. Read More ›
Rwandan hip-hop poet Eric 1Key: Entre 2
AiW Guest: Ceri Whatley AiW Note: This is the first in a series of four posts in which Ceri Whatley discusses Rwandan artist Eric 1Key’s album Entre 2, as well as presenting original translations of 1Key’s lyrics from Kinyarwanda and French to English. We… Read More ›
Event: Imperial Exile, Lecture and Book Launch, 20 August 2016, London
Lecture and Book Launch Imperial Exile 20 August 2016, 1.30 – 5.00 pm Venue: Ethiopian Community In Britain – 2A Lithos Road, London, NW3 6EF, United Kingdom This year is the 80th anniversary of the arrival in Bath of Emperor Haile… Read More ›
CfP: Student movements and (post-)colonial emancipations, 9 December 2016, Paris, Deadline: 20 September 2016
Call for Papers Student movements and (post-)colonial emancipations : transnational itineraries, dialogues and programmes 9 December 2016, Université Paris Diderot Deadline for abstracts: 20 September 2016 This one-day conference investigates the role of student movements in individual and collective emancipations, from… Read More ›
A Review of Inua Ellams’ The Wire-Headed Heathen
AiW Guest: Jason Allen This month, Jason Allen continues our deep dive into Eight New Generation African Poets with a review of Inua Ellams’ The Wire-Headed Heathen. This is the third chapbook by Nigerian-British performance poet Inua Ellams. The poems display his… Read More ›
Event: Lagos: Sustaining the Future of Creativity Symposium, 11 August 2016, London
Lagos: Sustaining the Future of Creativity August 2016 Symposium Sharing ideas from across the UK and Nigeria to help sustain creative practice into the future. Date: Thursday 11th August Time: 1pm – 6pm Location: The Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk… Read More ›
CfP: Literature and Postcolonial Capitalism, ARIEL, Deadline: 1 October 2016
Call for Papers Literature and Postcolonial Capitalism ARIEL Special Issue Deadline 1 October 2016 This special issue explores the relationship between literary representation and contemporary, postcolonial capitalism. We suspect that many of today’s “new” capitalist formations emerge from… Read More ›
Wotsits and Palm Wine: A Review of Irenosen Okojie’s Butterfly Fish
AiW Guest: Anthea Gordon Butterfly Fish (Jacaranda, 2015) is primarily a story about Joy, a London-based photographer whose only friend is her eccentric elderly neighbour, Mrs. Harris. Then Joy’s mother dies unexpectedly, leaving her a bemusing inheritance, which includes Joy’s grandfather’s diary and a sculpture of a… Read More ›
Call for Nominations: African Literature Association (ALA) Awards Announcement 2017, Deadline: 1 September 2016
The African Literature Association is currently accepting nominations for the following awards. Please note the deadlines and the specified individual to whom and all nominations and materials should be addressed. The awards will be presented at the ALA 43rd Annual… Read More ›